Which composer lived a longer life, Dmitri Shostakovich or Jules Massenet?
Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (] ; 12 May 184213 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are "Manon" (1884) and "Werther" (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.
Joseph d'Ortigue Joseph Louis d'Ortigue (22 May 1802 – 20 November 1866) was a French musicologist and critic. A specialist in liturgical music and a conservative Catholic of ultramontane and royalist leanings, he was a close friend of both Berlioz and Liszt. His most influential work was "Dictionnaire liturgique, historique, et theorique de plain-chant et le musique d'église", but he was also wrote for many of the most prominent periodicals of the day, including "Journal des débats" and "Le Ménestrel" where he was the editor-in-chief from 1863 until his sudden death at the age of 64.