Massé, Félix-Marie
(1822–1884)> COMPOSER
Massé, Félix-Marie, DIT Victor (7 March 1822, Lorient; 5 July 1884, Paris), composer, won a series of prizes for voice, piano, and harmony at the Conservatoire between 1836 and 1840. After carrying off two more prizes at the Institut in 1840 and 1842, he placed first in the Prix de Rome competition in 1844. He spent the required period of residence as a student at the Villa Medici in Rome and took the usual trip through Italy and Germany before returning to Paris, where the public came to know…