Gaston Serpette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gaston Serpette

French composer

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1846

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1904

Profession: composer, conductor, music critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henri Charles Antoine Gaston Serpette (4 November 1846 – 3 November 1904) was a French composer, best known for his operettas.
After winning the prestigious Prix de Rome as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, he was expected to pursue a career in serious music.
Instead, he turned to operetta, writing more than twenty full-length pieces between 1874 and 1900.
He accepted some conducting work and also served as a critic and journalist on a number of French newspapers and magazines.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat