Fromentmal Halevy: His Life & Music

Jordan paints a rich portrait of Hal ©vy at the height of his powers in the mid-1850s. A prolific output included at least one new opera a year occasionally three…he was renowned as a productive public speaker author of learned papers…a supporter of young artists much loved professor of composition to Saint-Sa ns Gounod and Bizet a husband and father of two daughters.