Augusta Holmès
French composer
Died when: 55 years 41 days (661 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (16 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Irish descent (her father was from Youghal, Co.
Cork).In 1871, Holmès became a French citizen and added the accent to her last name.She wrote the texts to almost all of her vocal music herself, including songs, oratorios, the libretto of her opera La Montagne noire and the programmatic poems for her symphonic poems including Irlande and Andromède.
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