Napoléon Henri Reber (1807-1880)
- 4e Symphonie (Sol majeur) ... Op. 33 (1858)
Performers: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Jérémie Rhorer (conductor)
Further info: Le Paris des Romantiques
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French composer and teacher. He began learning the piano and flute and
composing on his own before entring the Paris Conservatoire to study
harmony under Anton Reicha and composition under Jean-François Le Sueur.
His earliest works are chamber pieces dating from about 1835. In 1851
he was appointed professor of harmony at the Conservatoire, and in 1853
the success of 'Le père Gaillard' resulted in his election to the
Institut as George Onslow’s successor. In 1862 he succeeded Fromental
Halévy as professor of composition at the Conservatoire; from 1871 he
was also inspector of the Conservatoire’s branches. He was made a
Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1855, and an Officier in 1870.
Despite he wrote many music, among them, 5 operas, one ballet and 4
symphonies, he is remembered almost entirely for his 'Traité d’harmonie'
(Paris, 1862).
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