Reynaldo Hahn
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Reynaldo Hahn, born on August 9, 1874 in Caracas, Venezuela, died on January 28, 1947 in Paris, France, was a German - Venezuelan composer, conductor and a music critic. He was also the lover of Marcel Proust. He wrote in the French classical song tradition, with a fin de siècle flavour, including the precocious 'Si mes vers avaient des ailes', the delicious homage to Bach 'A Chloris' and a powerful setting of Victor Hugo's 'Quand la nuit n'est pas etoilée'. He also wrote operettas, chamber music and orchestral compositions.
External links
- His complete biography (http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/h/hahn_reynaldo.html) in French
- His biography (http://membres.lycos.fr/reynaldohahn/) in French
- Another page with his works (http://www.operone.de/komponist/hahn.html) in German