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Rabaud

Henri Rabaud (1873–1949) was a French composer and conductor who studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won the Prix de Rome in 1894. He built a career on both sides of the Atlantic, directing the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the 1918–19 season after his predecessor Karl Muck had been arrested and interned as a German national during the First World War. He returned to Paris to serve as director of the Conservatoire from 1922 to 1941. His opera Mârouf, savetier du Caire, premiered in 1914, remains his most performed work and established his reputation as a composer of warmth, colour, and melodic invention.

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