Ferdinand Barlow

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French choreographer and composer

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Male

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2 October 1881(Mulhouse, canton of Mulhouse-Nord, arrondissement of Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin)

Death:

3 January 1951(Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France)

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Ferdinand Frédéric "Fred" Barlow (2 October 1881 – 3 January 1951) was an 20th-century French classical composer.

Fred Barlow started music at age 28 and studied with Charles Koechlin in Paris.

In 1926, he joined the Quakers, an engagement which had influence on his music.

Sylvie ou Le Double Amour, opéra comique, libretto by Pierre Bettin after Gérard de Nerval, created in 1923 in Paris
Mam'zelle Prud'homme, operetta, libretto by C. Bével, created in 1932 in Monte-Carlo
La Grande Jatte, ballet, accepted at the Opera in 1939 and created during the sommer 1950.