Alexandre Luigini

Alexandre Clement Leon Joseph Luigini ( born March 9, 1850 in Lyon, † July 29, 1906 in Paris) was a French composer.

Life and work

Alexandre Luigini grew up in a household musician. Luiginis grandparents come from Modena, but moved to France when his grandfather got a job as a trumpeter at the Grand Théâtre in Lyon. Luiginis father was a musician in the orchestra, but later became conductor of the orchestra of the Grand Théâtre. In this work he composed, among others Ballets and cantatas. After studying at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he emerged as the second prize winner of a violin competition, Alexandre Luigini returned to Lyon and was initially several years in the theater orchestra as a violinist active. In 1877 he became conductor of this orchestra. In this role, he had to compose for the theater. This led to the composition predominantly of ballet music, but also operas and orchestral suites.

In 1897 he left Lyon and became conductor at the Opéra Comique in Paris, where he lived until his sudden death in 1906. His compositions have arisen mainly from the practice of theater out. He wrote mainly use music for the ballet and for various theater productions, including two operas. Close to it is a series of songs and works for string quartet and other chamber music. Luiginis most famous work is the ballet EGYPTIEN (1875 ), which is also famous for large orchestral suite in the early 1920s. Luigini originally composed the music for the second act of Verdi's Aida, as these 1886 received its premiere in Lyon. Special gained popularity this ballet music in its use in the pseudo -Egyptian " sand dance" of the British entertainment trio Jack Wilson, Keppel and Betty Joe Knox that occurred so from the 20s to the 50s of the 20th century.

Works

  • Marche de l' Emir, op 4 ( transcribed for piano by C. Blanc)
  • Ballet EGYPTIEN, Nos. 1-3, Op 12 (1875 )
  • La Voix des Cloches, op 18 ( reverie pour piano )
  • Sérénade Romantique pour piano, flute, violin, cello et orgue, op 27
  • Mon beau rêve, Op 17 ( song about a text by Dumoraize )
  • Noël d' amour, Op 66 ( song to a text by Maurice Hennequin )
  • Guitarina ( Souvenir d' Espagne ) ( song about a text by L. Leclair )
  • Zingara, chanson Bohémienne ( song about a text by L. Leclair )
  • Ballet russe Themes
  • Caprice
  • Fantasia on Themes by Camille Saint- Saëns ' Samson et Dalila "
  • Marche solennelle ( transcribed for piano by C. Saint- Saëns )
  • Six Morceaux petits tre
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