Maximilien-Charles Simon (8 March 1797 – 20 September 1861) was a French composer.
Life
editSimon was born on 19 ventôse of the Vth year (8 March 1797) in Metz, (Moselle).[1] He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a pupil of Gossec, Méhul and Cherubini in composition and Berton in harmony.[2] With the cantata Pyrame et Thisbé, based on a text by J. A. Vinaty,[3] he won the Second Prix de Rome in 1823, after Édouard Boilly and Louis Constant Ermel.
But he didn't have a musical career. He became a postal inspector in the department of Seine. In this capacity, he was made a Knight of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour by decree of 16 August 1860.[1] The certificate was presented to him on 8 September of the year by State Councillor Auguste Stourm, General Director of the Swiss Post.
References
edit- ^ a b Dossier des Archives nationales, cote LH/2522/74 sur base léonore
- ^ Notice musimem.com.
- ^ J. A. Vinaty on BNF
