Leborne, Aimé-Ambroise-Simon
Leborne, Aimé-Ambroise-Simon
Leborne, Aimé-Ambroise-Simon, French composer; b. Brussels, Dec. 29, 1797; d. Paris, April 2, 1866. He went to France as a child. He studied at the Paris Cons, with Berton and Cherubini, winning the second Prix de Rome (1818) and then the First Prix de Rome (1820). He subsequently was on its faculty, later serving as prof, of counterpoint and fugue (1836–40), then of composition (1840–66). He also was made librarian of the Paris Opéra (1829) and of the Royal Chapel (1834). In 1853 he became a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He ed. a new edition of Catel’s Traité d’harmonie (Paris, 1848; with numerous additions). He wrote the operas Les Deux Figaro (Paris, Aug. 22, 1827; in collaboration with Carafa), Le Camp du drap d’or (Paris, Feb. 23, 1828; in collaboration with Baton and Rifaut), and Cinq ans d ’entr’acte and Lequel (Paris, March 21, 1838), as well as songs.
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