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The Prix de Rome was initially created for painters and sculptors in 1663 in France, during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest.
Feb 8, 2010 · Debussy and the Prix de Rome. by Chris O'Reilly. French composer Claude Debussy first entered the Prix de Rome in 1882 aged just 20. It was a very important competition for young French composers with the prize for the winner including a four-year residence at the Villa Medici (the French Academy) in Rome, where they could meet new people and ...
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This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Prix de Rome, any of a group of scholarships awarded by the French government between 1663 and 1968 to enable young French artists to study in Rome. It was so named because the students who won the grand, or first, prize in each artistic category went to study at ...
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Prix de Rome. In 1839, at his third attempt, Gounod won France's most prestigious musical prize, the Prix de Rome for composition, for his cantata Fernand. In doing so he was surpassing his father: François had taken the second prize in the Prix de Rome for painting in 1783.
Jul 30, 2021 · A residency at the villa was typically awarded to the winner of the Prix de Rome, a major competition for French composers; Lili had won in 1913, but an earlier visit to Italy had been...
Prix de Rome. Return to Paris, 1887. 1894–1902: Pelléas et Mélisande. 1903–1918. Works. Early works, 1879–1892. Middle works, 1893–1905. Late works, 1906–1917. Style. Debussy and Impressionism. Musical idiom. Influences. Musical. Literary. Influence on later composers. Recordings. Notes, references and sources. References. Sources. External links.
