Leuven, Adolphe de, 1800-1884

LC control no.	n 82147292
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Leuven, Adolphe de, 1800-1884 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	De Leuven, Adolphe, 1800-1884 Leuven, M. de (Adolphe), 1800-1884 Leuven, A. de (Adolphe), 1800-1884 L., Adolphe de, 1800-1884 Adolphe, 1800-1884 Leuven, Ad. de (Adolphe), 1800-1884 Leuvenne, M. de (Adolphe), 1800-1884 Leuvenne, Adolphe de, 1800-1884 Deleuven, Adolphe, 1800-1884 Deleuven, Ad. (Adolphe), 1800-1884 Ribbing, Adolphe de, comte, 1800-1884 Leuvenne, Ad. de (Adolphe), 1800-1884 Leuven, de, 1800-1884 Grenvallet, 1800-1884 Granval, 1800-1884 Leuven, Adolphe de, 1802-1884
Birth date	1800
Death date	1884-04-14
Place of death	Paris (France)
Affiliation	Opéra-Comique (Paris, France)
Profession or occupation	Dramatists Theatrical producers and directors Librettists
Found in	His The postilion ... Bib. nat. (Leuven, cte Adolphe de Ribbing, dit de; pseud. Adolphe; usage: M. de Leuven, A. de Leuven, Ad. de Leuven, Adolphe) BM (Leuven, Adolphe de, pseud. (i.e. Adolphe de Ribbing)) His Le voyage de la mariée, 1829: t.p. (Adolphe de L.) [Info from InU] His Le luthier de Vienne, 1836: t.p. (M. de Leuvenne) [Info from InU] His Les sept péchés capitaux, 1834: t.p. (Ad. de Leuvenne) [Info from InU] His Le guérillas, 1831: t.p. (Ad. Deleuven) [Info from InU] Grove music online, Sept. 13, 2005: Opera (Leuven, Adolphe de (Grenvallet; Count Adolph Ribbing); b. 1800, d. Apr. 14, 1884, Paris; French librettist and director, of Swedish descent; occasionally wrote under the pseudonyms Grenvallet, Granval, or Adolphe) Un conte d'autrefois, 1838: title page (by Mm. De Leuven et Brunswick) BnF, 9 January 2017 (Leuven, Adolphe de (1800-1884); French; male; born 1800; died 1884-04-14 in Paris (France); pen name of Adolphe de Ribbing; Vaudevillist and librettist; director of the Opera-comique (1862-1874)) Wikipedia, 9 January 2017 (Adolphe de Leuven (30 September 1802- 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist; also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing; he was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of Gustav III of Sweden in 1792, and Jeanne-Claude Billard; he took his name as a variation of that of his paternal grandmother, Eva Löwen; he produced over 170 plays and librettos, with operatic settings by Adam including Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Clapisson and Thomas; he was associated with the Opéra-Comique for fifty years and was co-director (with Camille du Locle) from 1862-1874; he resigned in protest at the on-stage murder in Carmen)
Not found in	Dict. des lettres franç, XIXe s.; Grand Larousse.
Associated language	fre