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Büsser, (Paul-) Henri (1872–1973)| French conductor and composer. He conducted Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at its first production in 1902 and made an orchestral version of Printemps. |
| He was a pupil of Charles Widor and Félix Guilmant at the Paris Conservatory, and won the Prix de Rome in 1893. He was successively organist at Saint-Cloud, conductor of the choral class at the Conservatory, and director of Louis Niedermeyer's school. In 1921 he was appointed professor of composition at the conservatory. |
Works Opera Daphnis et Chloé (1897), Colomba (after Mérimée), Les Noces corinthiennes (1922), La Pie borgne, Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (Mérimée; 1948). |
Other Masses and motets; Hercule au jardin des Hespérides, Suite funambulesque, and other orchestral works; choruses, songs. |
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