biography
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Delibes, (Clément Philibert) Léo
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pronunciation:
[duhleeb]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1836–91)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in St Germain du Val, W France. He became second director at the Opéra, Paris (1864) and a Conservatoire professor (1881). He wrote light operas, of which Lakmé had the greatest success, but he is chiefly remembered for the ballet Coppélia (1870). |
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