Ernest II, Auguste-Charles-Jean-Léopold-Alexandre-Edouard
(1818–1893)> COMPOSER
Ernest II, Auguste-Charles-Jean-Léopold-Alexandre-Edouard , duke of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (21 June 1818, Cobourg; 22 August 1893, Reinhardsbrunn), composer, studied music as a child and became interested especially in composition. His works for the stage were applauded generously in Germany, and two of them enjoyed enough success to tempt translators. His Casilda was produced in a French version at the royal theatre in Brussesl in 1855, and his Sainte-Claire had its premiere in a French…