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DELIBES, CLEMENT PHILIBERT LEO (I 8361891), French composer, was born at Saint Germain du Val on the 21st of February 1836. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Adolphe Charles Adam, through whose influence he became accompanist at the Thtre Lyrique. His first essay in dramatic, composition was his Deux sous de charbon (1853), and during several years he produced a number of operettas. His cantata Alger was heard at the Paris opera in 1865. Having become second chorus master at the Grand Opra, he wrote the music of a ballet entitled La Source for this theatre, in collaboration with Minkous, a Polish composer. La Source was produced with great success in 1866. The composer returned to the operetta style with Mel brouk sen va-t-en gucrre,written in collaboration with Georges Bizet, Emile Jonas and Legouix, and given at the Thktre de lAthne ill 1867. Two years later came LEcossais de Chatou, a one-act piece, and La Cour du roi Plaud, a threeact opera-bouffe. The ballet Coppdlia was produced at the Grand Opra on the 25th of May 1870 with enormous success.
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