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| Jules Massenet
(1842 - 1912)
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| 1842 |
Born 12 May, near St. Etienne, France, the youngest in a family of 21 children |
| 1848 |
Begins piano lessons with his mother |
| 1851 |
The family moves to Paris in the aftermath of the French Revolution |
| 1853 |
At age 11, enters the Paris Conservatory, and studies under the opera composer Ambroise Thomas |
| 1863 |
Wins the Prix de Rome for composition, and while in Rome meets Franz Liszt, from whom he receives help and encouragement |
| 1867 |
His first opera La Grand'tante is staged in Paris |
| 1870 |
Serves in the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian war |
| 1884 |
Paris premiere of his opera Manon heralds his years of greatest fame and success |
| 1912 |
Dies in Paris, 13 August, at age 70 |
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