Duvernoy, Victor Alphonse
(1842–1907)> COMPOSER
Duvernoy, Victor Alphonse (30 August 1842, Paris; 7 March 1907, Paris), composer, enrolled at the Conservatoire in Paris to become a pupil of Barbereau , Bazin , and Antoine Marmontel . He won the Prix Chartier for his chamber music, and his cantata entitled La Tempéte earned him the Prix de Ville de Paris in 1880. M. Duvernoy’s initial contribution to the repertory of the National Academy of Music was his opera Hellé , which had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 24 April 1896. The…