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Léon Vasseur

French composer, organist and conductor · France · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1844 to 1917 · aged 73

Félix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, known as Léon Vasseur, was a French composer, organist and conductor. While working as a cathedral organist, he turned to composing operettas and soon had a hit with La timbale d'argent (1872). He wrote another thirty operettas but never repeated that early success.

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He also composed church music including two settings of the mass.

Country
France
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1844 to 1917 · aged 73