Lionel Dauriac
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Lionel Dauriac was a French philosopher and musicologist.
Dauriac was born in Brest
, the son of an admiral. He was professor of musical aesthetics at the Sorbonne
between 1896 and 1903. He died 26 May 1923. An internationally-minded music critic, he wrote biographies of Gioachino Rossini, Richard Wagner
and Giacomo Meyerbeer
.
Dauriac was born in Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
, the son of an admiral. He was professor of musical aesthetics at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
between 1896 and 1903. He died 26 May 1923. An internationally-minded music critic, he wrote biographies of Gioachino Rossini, Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
and Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...
.
Works
- Des notions de matière et de force dans les sciences de la nature, 1878.
- Croyance et realité, 1889.
- Rossini: biographie critique, 1902.
- Essai sur l'esprit musical, 1904.
- Meyerbeer, 1913.
- Contingence et rationalisme; pages d'histoire et de doctrine, 1924.