Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy
Alexandre Levy
	Levy in 1881
Born	(1864-11-10)10 November 1864; São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died	17 January 1892(1892-01-17) (aged 27); São Paulo, Brazil
Years active	1880–1892

Alexandre Levy (10 November 1864 – 17 January 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. His hometown grants a prestigious award in his name.

His Jewish family came from France and was musically active. His father, Henrique Luís Levy, was a musician who founded Casa Levy, a leading music store in São Paulo.¹

Darius Milhaud, in his ballet Le Bœuf sur le toit, borrowed a theme from Levy's Tango Brasileiro.²

Selected list of works

Orchestra

Andante para cordas in E-flat major (1887) for String Orchestra (1887)
Werther, Symphonic Poem in E-flat major after Goethe (1888)
Marcha com coros, Orchestral Cantata (1888)
Hymne à 14 Juillet (1889)
Symphony in E minor (1889)
- Largo - allegro molto
- Andante
- Scherzo. Allegro vivo
- Allegro molto vivo
Comala, Symphonic Poem (1890)
Suite Brésilienne (1890)
- Prélude
- Dansa rustica: Canção Triste (lost)
- A beira do regato: Idyllio Sentimental
- Samba
Symphonic Poem (unnamed; n.d.)
Oedipe, Orchestral Cantata (n.d.)

Chamber Music

Fantasia brillante sull'opera 'Il Guarany' for two pianos, Op. 2 (1880)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 10 (1882)
- Allegro
- Andante
- Scherzo - Fugato
- Finale
Les jeux des Sylphides for four-hand piano (1884)
Scherzo valse, Op. 9 (1885)
String Quartet in A minor (1885)
- Allegro comodo
- Scherzo
- Adagio molto
- Finale
Andante for String Quartet in E-flat minor (1887; also adapted for string orchestra)
Rêverie for string quartet in G major, Op. 19 (1889)
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor (1889)
- (Lost)
- (Lost)
- Scherzo
- Finale
En mer, Musical poem for four-hand piano (n.d.)
- Depart. Mer Calme
- Le Ciel s'assombrit. Tempête
- Clair de Lune. Idylle Fugitive
Romance' (n.d.)
Fantasie brillante for four-hand piano, Op. 5 (n.d.)
Scène à la mer for cello and piano (n.d.)

Piano solo

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Fantasia para dois pianos a partir de temas da ópera O Guarany (1880)
Impromptu-Caprice, op. 1 (1881)
Fosca, fantasia brilhante, op. 3 (1882)
3 Improvisations, op. 4 (1882)
- Romance sans paroles (1882)
- A la Hongroise (1882)
- Pensée fugitive (1882)
Valsa-Capricho, op. 5 (1882)
Mazurca n. 1, op. 6 no 1 (1882)
Mazurca n. 2, op. 6 no 2 (1882)
Recuerdos - Polca de Salão (1882)
Causerie (1883)
Cavalcante (1883)
Collin Maillard (1883)
Étude (1883)
Je t'en prie (1883)
Petite marche (1883)
Plaintive (1885)
Scherzo-valse, op. 9 (1885)
Improviso n. 2 (1887)
Trois Morceaux, op. 13 (1887)
- Coeur blessé (1887)
- Amour passé (1887)
- Doute (1887)
Allegro Appassionato, op. 14 (1887)
Variations sur un thème populaire brésilien (Vem Cá, Bitu) (1887)
Tango Brasileiro (1890)
Samba (Suite Brésilienne, IV.) (1890)
Schumanniana, op. 16 (1891)
- Allegretto, ma un poco agitato
- Allegro moderato
- Lento
- Allegretto giocoso
- Moderato assai
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Allegro molto - Presto
Papillonnage (n.d.)

References

Don Michael Randel, ed. (1996). "Levy, Alexandre". The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674372999 – via Google Books.
François Laurent, in Diapason, October 2012, p. 114.
List of Piano Works Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Laboratorio de Musica Latinoamericana para Piano

External links

[1] Don Michael Randel, ed. (1996). "Levy, Alexandre". The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674372999 – via Google Books.

[2] François Laurent, in Diapason, October 2012, p. 114.

[3] List of Piano Works Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Laboratorio de Musica Latinoamericana para Piano

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Alexandre Levy
Levy in 1881
Born	(1864-11-10)10 November 1864 São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died	17 January 1892(1892-01-17) (aged 27) São Paulo, Brazil
Years active	1880–1892