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Louis Gregh

Louis Charles Félix François Gregh (16 March 1843 – 21 January 1915) was a French composer, conductor and music publisher. Life Gregh was born in Philippeville, now Skikda, Algeria, on 16 March 1843.

Louis Charles Félix François Gregh (16 March 1843 – 21 January 1915) was a French composer, conductor and music publisher. Life Gregh was born in Philippeville, now Skikda, Algeria, on 16 March 1843. He grew by acquiring, by auction, parts of the dissolved publishers Léon Escudier (1882), Egrot (1884), and Jochem (1899). He was also the French representative of the publishers Litolff and Universal Edition. His business was quite successful, and he only gave up in old age in 1907, when he sold it to Rouart, which in turn was taken over by Salabert in 1953. Selected compositions Stage works * Un Lycée de jeunes filles (operetta, 1881) * Le Présomptif (opera bouffe, 1883) * Le Capitaine Roland (operetta, 1895) * Arlette (ballet) Vocal music * Le Bon pasteur (L. Capet) (1876) * La Cage du pinson (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * Je n’ai rien osé lui dire. Récit-naïveté (words: A. Queyriaux) (1876) * La Leçon de charité (Capet & Carel) (1876) * Lettre d’une pensionnaire (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * Minuit à Venise. Barcarola (A. Queyriaux) (1876) * La Plainte de l’exilé (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * Les Roses mortes (Villemer & Delormel) (1876) * Connaissez-vous mon amie? (Villemer & De

Era
Romantic
Lived
1843–1915
From
France
Born in
Skikda · died Sainte-Mesme
Known as
composer, editor
Genres
opera