Léon Ehrhart

Léon Ehrhart (11 May 1854 – 4 October 1875) was a French composer.

Life

Born in Mulhouse, Ehrhart had his first music lessons in his hometown with Joseph Heyberger. He then became an organ student of Charles-Alexis Chauvet in Paris and at the Conservatoire de Paris a student of François Benoist, with whom he studied musical composition. In 1874 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Acis et Galatée after Eugène Adenis.[1]

At this time he composed the Prologue musical La Muse populaire for the opening of the Théâtre Lyrique. At the beginning of 1875 he embarked on the Prix de Rome trip to the Villa Medici[2] in Rome. There he composed a great oratorio and the opéra comique Maître Martin.

In September of that year Ehrhart travelled to Venice, where he became infected with malaria. He became seriously ill on his way back to Rome. He had to interrupt his journey at Porretta near Florence, where he died on October 4. A cunning aneurysm of the aortic arch was diagnosed as the cause of death.

References

  1. ↑ Eugène Adonis on BNF
  2. ↑ Léon Ehrhart on Villa Medici
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