Brigitte Massin

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21 July 1927

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5 December 2002

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Brigitte Massin (21 July 1927 – 5 December 2002) was a French musicologist and journalist.

With her husband Jean Massin, she published numerous works on music. Brigitte Massin is the mother of Béatrice Massin, a specialist of Baroque dance.

Massin has written extensive biographical works on classical and romantic composers. She specialized in Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Beethoven.

1955(2nd edition: 1967): Ludwig van Beethoven. Bibliothèque des grands musiciens. Paris: Fayard. p. 845. ISBN 978-2213003481.
1959: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Les indispensables de la musique. Paris: Fayard. p. 1293. ISBN 978-2213003092.
1970: Recherche de Beethoven. Paris: Fayard. p. 379.
1997: Histoire de la musique; de Monteverdi à Varése 1600/1945 (3 tomes). Paris: Messidor. p. 945.
1987: Histoire de la musique occidentale. Les indispensables de la musique. Paris: Fayard. p. 1312. ISBN 978-2213020327.

1977: Franz Schubert. Les indispensables de la musique. Paris: Fayard. p. 1005. ISBN 978-2213025032.
1989: Olivier Messiaen; Une poétique du merveilleux. De la musique. Paris: Alinéa. p. 23. ISBN 978-2904631771.
1991: Mozart; le bonheur de l'Europe. Paris: Plon. p. 190. ISBN 978-2-259-02459-4.
1991: Guide des opéras de Mozart. Paris: Fayard. p. 1005. ISBN 978-2213025032.
1999: Les Joachim; Une famille de musiciens. Paris: Fayard. p. 449. ISBN 978-2213604183.