Ménil

Ménil, ETIENNE NICOLAS, operatic composer, was born at Givet, 22d June 1763, studied in Paris, and in 1795 became professor at the Conservatoire. He died 18th October 1817. Among his best-known works are the operas Une Folie (1801), Les Aveugles de Tolède (1806), and Joseph (1807); and the patriotic songs Chant du Départ, Chant de Victoire, Chanson de Roland. See Life by Pougin (1889).