Robert Planquette

Robert Planquette (born July 31, 1848, Paris—died Jan. 28, 1903, Paris) was a French composer of operettas and other light music. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire, Planquette played and wrote songs for cafés concerts (cafés offering light music). He became famous with the operetta Les Cloches de Corneville (1887; “The Bells of Corneville”; Eng. trans., The Chimes of Normandy), in which he showed his talent for melody. His music contains a touch of pathos...