Alfred Bruneau

Alfred Bruneau Sheet Music

  • Born: 3rd March 1857
  • Died: 15th June 1934
  • Birthplace: Paris, France

Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera. As a youth, Bruneau studied the cello at the Paris Conservatory, and played in the Pasdeloup orchestra. He soon began to compose, writing acantata, Genevieve de Paris while still a young man. In 1884 his Ouverture heroique was performed, followed by the choral symphonies, Léda (1884), La belle au bois dormant (1886). In 1887, he produced his first opera, Kérim.