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Gustave Doret (September 20, 1866 - April 19, 1943) was a Swiss composer and conductor. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

Doret was born in 1866 in Aigle, Switzerland. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Music with Joseph Joachim, and then at the Paris Conservatory with Theodore Dubois and Jules Massenet. Joseph Joachim (June 28 1831 &ndash August 15 1907 (ˈjoʊɑːxɪːm was a Hungarian Violinist, conductor, Composer and teacher The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe François-Clément Théodore Dubois (August 24 1837 &ndash June 11 1924 was a French Composer, Organist and Music teacher Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas His career as a conductor began in 1894 in Paris, where he led the first performance of Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (commonly known by its original French title Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune) is a Musical composition He was second conductor of the Concert d'Harcourt from 1893 to 1895 and director of the Opera-comique in the 1890s and 1900s. Opéra comique (plural opéras comiques is a French genre of Opera that contains spoken dialogue He was also the founder of the Théâtre du Jorat, in Mezières. Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region

While his two serious operas, heavily indebted to Massenet, saw performances in Paris, his light opera and other stage works were far more popular across French-speaking Europe. Comic opera, or light opera, denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature usually with a happy ending In 1914, Doret returned to Switzerland and began studing local popular music and folk music traditions. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous He also wrote for Swiss newspapers and wrote a memoir, Temps et contretemps, published in 1942.

Most of his output was vocal, and included operas, music theater pieces, one oratorio, choral music, and more than 300 songs. An oratorio is a large Musical composition including an Orchestra, a Choir, and soloists The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the Opera His only instrumental works were two orchestral pieces, a string quartet, and a piano quintet. A string quartet is a Musical ensemble of four String instruments &mdash usually two Violins a Viola and Cello &mdash or a piece A piano quintet is a chamber Musical ensemble made up of one Piano and four other instruments or a piece written for such a group

Doret died 1943 in Lausanne.

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