Paul Veronge de la Nux

Composer. Born: 1853 Died: 1911 Paul Veronge Nux (1853-1911) joined the Paris Conservatoire where he studied harmony (Théodore Dubois and Emile Pessard), piano (Antoine François Marmontel) and composition (Victor Massé and François Bazin). After obtaining a composition and piano prize, he entered the Prix de Rome competition in 1874 and was awarded a second prize for his cantata Acis and Galatée. Two years later he again won a second prize with his cantata Judith after having entered unsuccessfully in 1875 with the lyric scene Clytemnestra.