Léon Moreau

Léon Moreau
Born	13 July 1870 Brest
Died	11 April 1946(1946-04-11) (aged 75)
Occupation	Composer

Léon Moreau (13 July 1870 – 11 April 1946) was a French/Breton composer, winner of the second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome of 1899.

Born in Brest, he was active as a piano teacher and composer in Brest and Paris. A member of the short-lived Association des Compositeurs Bretons, he also wrote a number of film scores for the silent era (1894-1929), and also saxophone pieces for Elise Hall.

Works (selection)

• Film scores
  • 1913: L'Agonie de Byzance by Louis Feuillade
  • 1922: The Agony of the Eagles by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and Julien Duvivier
  • 1928: Madame Récamier by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel

Bibliography

• Séverine Abhervé: Discours des compositeurs de musique sur le cinématographe en France (1919–1937): Ambitions, obstacles et horizons d'attente, on 1895.Mille huit cent quatre-vingt-quinze, 65, 2011, accessdate 28 June 2016

External links

• Léon Moreau at IMDb
• Léon Moreau on BnF