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Charles Edouard Lefebvre (Composer)

Born: 19th June 1843, Paris, France

Died: 8th September 1917, Aix-les-Bains, France

Nationality: French

Charles-Édouard Lefebvre was a French composer.

Lefebvre was born in Paris, the son of painter Charles Lefebvre, and studied with Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1870, he was awarded the Prix de Rome together with Henri Maréchal (1842–1924) for the cantata Le Jugement de Dieu. He was awarded the Prix Chartier for his compositions twice, in 1884 and 1891. In 1895 he succeeded Benjamin Godard as director of the Paris Conservatoire's chamber music class.

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