Alexandre Levy
Encyclopedia
Alexandre Levy was a Brazil
ian 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.
Brazil
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ian composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, pianist
Pianist
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and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
.
Born in São Paulo
São Paulo
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, 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.
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
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)
1891
- Shumanniana, 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)
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.