Lionel Dauriac

Lionel Dauriac (19 November 1847 – 26 May 1923) was a French philosopher and musicologist.

Dauriac was born in Brest, the son of an admiral.[1] He was a professor of musical aesthetics at the Sorbonne between 1896 and 1903.[2] He died on 26 May 1923 in Paris.[3] An internationally minded music critic, he wrote biographies of Gioachino Rossini, Richard Wagner and Giacomo Meyerbeer.

  1. ^ Danielle Buschinger et al, Richard Wagner: Points de départ et aboutissements Anfangs- und Endpunkte, 2002
  2. ^ Manuel Couvreur in John Hajdu Heyer, ed., Lully studies, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p.275
  3. ^ Revue de métaphysique et de morale, Volume 30 (1923), p.653