Henry Prunières, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French music critic and historian
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Place of Birth: 6th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Henry Prunières
- Henry Prunières (24 May 1886, in Paris – 11 April 1942, in Nanterre) was a French musicologist, and international proponent of contemporary art in various forms, including music, dance and painting.
- He occupies an important place in the art world between the wars, particularly with regard to music.
- His major contribution La Revue musicale, a monthly musical periodical which he founded in 1920 and left in 1939, is still a reference in the Western musical world.Prunières received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1913, where he wrote his dissertations on Italian music in France before Jean-Baptiste Lully and ballet de cour in France before Lully.
- Between 1924-1935, he worked as the music correspondent at the New York Times.
- He was also secretary and chairman of the International Music Society.
- Prunières was an important figure in the early 20th-century renewal of interest in Lully and his music.
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