TY - BOOK ID - 77921060 TI - Le premier jour de bonheur AU - Auber, D. F. E. AU - Letellier, Robert Ignatius. AU - Ennery, Adolphe d' AU - Cormon, Eugène AU - Bazille, Auguste PY - 2011 SN - 1443839272 9781443839273 1299647146 9781299647145 1443829560 9781443829564 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Operas KW - Burlettas KW - Comic operas KW - Intermezzos (Operas) KW - Light operas KW - Opera buffas KW - Opera serias KW - Opéras comiques KW - Operettas KW - Puppet operas KW - Singspiels KW - Dramatic music UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921060 AB - Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera composers of the 19th century. Although musically gifted, he initially chose commerce as a career, but soon realized that his future lay in music. He studied under Cherubini, and it was not long before his opéra-comique La Bergère Châteleine (1820), written at the age of 38, established him as an operatic composer. Perhaps the greatest turning point ... ER -