Louis Gregh
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Gregh was born in Philippeville, now Skikda, Algeria, on 16 March 1843.[2] His family was of Maltese origin. As a composer, he wrote operettas, ballets, numerous popular songs, and over 150 works for piano for two, four, and six hands.[citation needed]
Gregh's first successful stage work was the operetta Un Lycée de jeunes filles which premiered at the Théâtre de Cluny on 28 December 1881 with Gregh conducting. This was followed by the opera bouffe Le Présomptif which was premiered at the Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries in Brussels on 12 December 1883 followed by a staging at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris in 1884.[2]
He died in Sainte Mesme, Seine-et-Oise, now Yvelines, aged 71.
His son Fernand Gregh (1873–1960) was a philosopher, literary critic and poet, member of the Académie française.
