Alexandre Levy
Alexandre Levy | |
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Born |
São Paulo | November 10, 1864
Died |
January 17, 1892 27) São Paulo | (aged
Alexandre Levy (November 10, 1864 — January 17, 1892) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor.
Born in São Paulo, he pioneered a fusion of classical composition with Brazil's popular folk music and rhythms. Levy died prematurely at 27 and his hometown grants a prestigious award in his name.[1]
List of piano works[2]
1880
- Fantasia para dois pianos a partir de temas da ópera O Guarany
1881
- Impromptu-Caprice, op. 1
1882
- Fosca, fantasia brilhante, op. 3
- 3 Improvisations, op. 4
- Romance sans paroles
- A la Hongroise
- Pensée fugitive
- Valsa-Capricho, op. 5
- Mazurca n. 1, op. 6 no 1
- Mazurca n. 2, op. 6 no 2
- Recuerdos - Polca de Salão
1883
- Causerie
- Cavalcante
- Collin Maillard
- Étude
- Je t'en prie
- Petite marche
1885
- Plaintive
- Scherzo-valse, op. 9
1887
- Improviso n. 2
- Trois Morceaux, op. 13
- Coeur blessé
- Amour passé
- Doute
- Allegro Appassionato, op. 14
- Variations sur un thème populaire brésilien (Vem Cá, Bitu)
1890
- Tango Brasileiro
- Samba (Suite Brésilienne, IV.)
1891
- Schumanniana, op. 16
- Allegretto, ma un poco agitato
- Allegro moderato
- Lento
- Allegretto giocoso
- Moderato assai
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Allegro molto - Presto
Date of composition unknown
- Papillonnage
- En mer (poème musical) a quatro mãos
- Depart. Mer Calme
- Le Ciel s'assombrit. Tempète
- Clair de Lune. Idylle Fugitive
- Comala (poème musical)
See also
Further reading
- BETTENCOURT, Gastão de. Temas de música brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. A Noite, 1941.
- MARIZ, Vasco. História da Mùsica no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2005. 6ª edição, pp. 116–8.
- CACCIATORE, Olga Gudolle. Dicionário biográfico de música erudita brasileira. Rio de Janeiro, Forense Universitária, 2005.
References
- ↑ Alexandre Levy, 27club.net
- ↑ List of Piano Works, Laboratorio de Musica Latinoamericana para Piano
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