Alexandre Georges

[3] Strongly attracted by the theatre, Georges composed several operas, of which the most successful was Miarka, premiered at the Opéra-Comique and later revised for a production at the Opéra.

[1] He wrote the incidental music for two important symbolist plays by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, performed at the Paris Odéon in the 1890s.

[1] His Requiem Mass was performed before 10,000 people outside Arras Cathedral in the 1920s, commemorating France's soldiers who died in the First World War.

[2] His most popular work was Les chansons de Miarka, a cycle of fourteen songs for voice and piano, with words by Jean Richepin (1888).

[2][4] According to Grove, Georges' style, is "often restlessly chromatic", showing the influence of Franck, but like many composers of his generation, "he introduced local colour into his works by using characteristic regional dances and songs".