Edmond Marie Diet, born September 25, 1854 in the former 10th arrondissement of Paris and died October 30, 1924 in the 17th arrondissement, is a French composer, music teacher and music critic.
Son of the architect Arthur-Stanislas Diet (1827-1890), Edmond Diet after classical studies at the Stanislas College, began training as an architect at the École des Beaux-Arts which he left after a year to enter the Paris Conservatoire. There he became a student of César Franck (organ and harmony) and Ernest Guiraud (orchestration), but was not a laureate of the institution.
A prolific composer, Edmond Diet distinguished himself particularly in the light genre. His greatest success, Madame Putiphar, would be performed for over a hundred times at the Athénée where it remained on the bill for two months in 1897.
In the late 1890s and early 1900s, he became a music critic for several major Parisian newspapers such as La Nation, La Presse, Le Pays and L'Auto.
Edmond Diet died at his home at 95, rue Jouffroy at the age of 70. He had been widowed since August 1922 by the opera singer and singing teacher Denise Rochet, better known as Mme Edmond Diet. They rest with their parents and children in the Montmartre cemetery (3rd division) where their tomb is still visible. (Hide extended text)...(Read all)