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Léon Moreau

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Occupation
  
Composer

Music director
  
The Agony of the Eagles

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Born
  
13 July 1870
Brest

Died
  
11 April 1946, Paris, France

Léon Moreau (13 July 1870 – 11 April 1946) was a French/Breton composer, winner of the second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome of 1899.

Born in Brest, he was active as a piano teacher and composer in Brest and Paris. A member of the short-lived Association des Compositeurs Bretons, he also wrote a number of film scores for the silent era (1894-1929), and also saxophone pieces for Elise Hall.

Works (selection)

  • Film scores
  • 1913: L'Agonie de Byzance by Louis Feuillade
  • 1922: The Agony of the Eagles by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and Julien Duvivier
  • 1928: Madame Récamier by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel
  • References

    Léon Moreau Wikipedia