Category:Meignen, Leopold∕Arranger

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Leopold Meignen

(1793 — 4 June 1873)

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Name in Other Languages: Меньян, Леопольд

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Aliases: Леопольд Меньян

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Authorities - WorldCat, VIAF: 52083643, LCCN: no94003120, ISNI: 000000004414930X, GND: 102498865, ICCU: MUSV043761

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Detailed biography: U. Penn Libraries Special Collections
Philadelphia History, Volume 2 (City Society, 1916, p.203. Some information about Meignen and co-publisher Fiot.)

Miscellaneous information

Taught Septimus Winner around 1853. Conductor in Napoleon's army, then founded an amateur orchestra in Philadelphia. (Also seems to have been a publisher, by himself and in conjunction with Fiot.) From "Philadelphia History, Volume 2": "When the Handel & Haydn Society gave its first concert in its new hall... Dr. Meignen was its leader." (This took place on December 30th 1856, the authors continue.)