A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Escudier, Marie et Léon

ESCUDIER, Marie, born June 29, 1819, and Léon; born Sept. 17, 1821, at Castelnaudary, two brothers famous as littérateurs on music. They were the founders of 'La France musicale' (1838), a weekly musical periodical, and joint authors of 'Études biographiques sur les chanteurs coutemporains' (Paris, Tessier, 1840); 'Rossini sa vie et ses œuvres' (Paris 1854); and 'Vie .... des cantatrices célèbres,' etc. (Paris 1856), which contains a life of Paganini. Their 'Dictionnaire de musique' (5th ed., 1872) is a compact but very unequal work, many articles in which are admirable, while others can be of no interest to any one. [App. p.629 "Marie died April 17, 1880 and Léon June 22, 1881"]

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