Aimé Maillart

Louis -Aimé Maillart ( born March 24, 1817 in Montpellier, † May 26 1871 in Moulins (Allier ) ) was a French composer.

Life

Maillart studied in 1833 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Simon Leborne, Jacques Fromental Halévy, Antoine Elwart, Antonín Reicha and Paul Guérin and won in 1841 with the cantata Lionel Foscari the Premier Grand Prix de Rome.

His success as a composer began with the premiere of the three-act opera Gastibelza ou le Fou de Tolède 1847 at the Paris Opera. This was followed by another opera premieres at the Opéra -Comique. Les Dragons de Villars was for many years part of the repertoire of French musical theater. Maillart's operas were performed in Belgium, Spain, England and Poland with success.

In 1860, he was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Due to the siege of Paris in the years 1870 and 1871 Maillart left the city and died in 1871 in the town of Moulins, in the Auvergne.

Works

• Gastibelza ou le Fou de Tolède, UA 1847
• Le Moulin des tilleuls, UA 1849
• Le Pêcheurs de Catania, 1850
• La croix de Marie, UA 1852
• Les Dragons de Villars, UA 1856 ( German: The bells of the Hermit )
• Lara, UA 1864