F. Venua

Frederic Marc Antoine Venua; English composer

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Born to an Ital­i­an fa­mi­ly in France, Ve­nua at­tend­ed the Pa­ris Con­ser­va­to­ry, and stu­died com­po­sition in Lon­don.
He di­rect­ed and com­posed for the ball­et or­ches­tra at the King’s The­a­ter, and be­longed the Bri­tish Roy­al So­ci­e­ty of Mu­si­cians.
He re­tired to Ex­e­ter in 1858.

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