Almire Gandonnière
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Almire Gandonnière was a French writer, remembered today only as the collaborator with Hector Berlioz
of the libretto for La Damnation de Faust (1846), which was based on the translation of Goethe's masterpiece by Gérard de Nerval
. Gandonnière, under various pseudonyms, published satires, verses and occasional critical essays in the Paris press.
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
of the libretto for La Damnation de Faust (1846), which was based on the translation of Goethe's masterpiece by Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, one of the most essentially Romantic French poets.- Biography :...
. Gandonnière, under various pseudonyms, published satires, verses and occasional critical essays in the Paris press.