Deldevez, Ernest-Edouard-Marie
(1817–1897)> COMPOSER
Deldevez, Ernest-Edouard-Marie (31 May 1817, Paris; 5 November 1897, Paris) composer, enrolled as a student at the Conservatoire in 1825 to study under François Habeneck . He won first prize for violin in 1833 and continued his musical studies with Jacques Halévy . After winning another first prize in 1838, he published a collection of songs with piano accompaniment and enjoyed his first public success at his 1840 concert at the Conservatoire. The musical theatre tempted him at this point in…