perle du Brésil (1851), Herculanum (1859), and Lalla-Roukh (1862). Amongst his oratorios are Moïse au Sinaï ('Moses on Sinai') (1846), and Eden (1848). David became a member of the Légion d'honneur in 1862 and was given a civil pension. On the death of Berlioz in 1869, he took his place in the Institut de France. He died in Le Pecq (now Saint-Germain-en-Laye) in the département Yvelines, close to Paris, in 1876. Works Instrumental Piano trio no. 1 in E major Piano trio no. 2 in D minor Piano trio no. 3 in C minor Four string quartets Les Quatre Saisons: Soirées de Printemps / d'Été / d'Automne / d'Hiver (string quintet: two violins, viola, cello, double-bass) Nonet for brass in C minor, 1839 (4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba) Solo piano: Pensée (mélodie-valse), L'Absence (romance sans paroles), Rêverie, Le Soir (rêverie) 4 symphonies (for orchestra) (1837-1849) Vocal Le désert (Ode-symphonie) Christoph Colomb (Ode-symphonie) Moïse au Sinaï, oratorio Eden, oratorio La Perle du Brésil, opéra comique in three acts (22 November 1851, Paris) Herculanum, opéra in four acts (4 March 1859, Paris) Lalla-Roukh, opéra comique in two acts (12 May 1862, Paris) Le Saphir, opéra comique in three acts (8 March 1865, Paris) on a libretto by Michel Carré, Adolphe de Leuven and Térence Hadot (18..-18..) La Captive, opéra comique in three acts (1883, Paris) Motets Pie Jesu / Miseremini / Alma redemptoris Mater (for Aix cathedral choir), O salutaris References David, Félicien-César, 1810-1876 Biography and list of compositions from Musicology.org (in French). This article is based on the article on Félicien David in French Wikipedia. External links David's Piano Trio in E-flat Major Score and Parts from Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection David Piano Trio Nos. 2 and 3, sound-bites, discussion of works, short biography and sheet music Maison de la lirique cds and DVDs lyric opera collection 1810 births 1876 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French composers Conservatoire de Paris alumni French male classical composers French opera composers Male opera composers French Romantic composers Recipients of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des beaux-arts People from Aix-en-Provence People from Vaucluse Saint-Simonists 19th-century French male musicians