Alfred Dufresne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French composer and playwright
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Place of Birth: Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Alfred Dufresne
- Jacques Marie Alfred Dufresne (1822, Orléans – 18 March 1863, Paris) was a 19th-century French composer and playwright. A student of Fromental Halévy at the Paris Conservatory, he is mostly known for having written music for hundreds of songs by authors such as Jules Verne, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse de Lamartine or Victor Hugo. He also composed operettas and opéras comiques including L'hôtel de la poste on a libretto by Philippe Gille.
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