Félicien David

Félicien-César David was a French composer.

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The provided passages offer very little substantive information about Félicien David. His name appears only in an index entry in Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, Vol. 1 (1888), which merely lists him as “David, Felicieu 399” without any accompanying biographical text. While other “David” figures are mentioned as teachers or violinists in other dictionaries, these are specified as “Ferd. David” or “David” in contexts that strongly suggest Ferdinand David, not Félicien. The Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, Vol. 1 (1880) mentions an opera Christophe Colomb by Félicien David, which was created at the Théâtre-Lyrique. This same source also notes that Alexis Azevedo wrote a study titled “Félicien David, sa vie et son œuvre” (Paris, 1863).

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