Born in St Germain du Val, Feb 21, 1836
Died in Paris, Jan 16, 1891
- Delibes composed operetta, opera and ballets. His best-known works include the opera Lakmé and the ballet Coppélia.
- Delibes worked as a church organist, rehearsal accompanist and opera chorus master before devoting himself full time to composition in 1871.
- In 1881 Delibes became a composition professor at the Paris Conservatory, which is surprising because he himself claimed to have no mastery of counterpoint.1
Sources
- Hugh Macdonald, “Delibes, (Clément Philibert) Léo,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 29, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000007469.