Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy
Alexandre Levy
	Levy, 1881
Born	10 November 1864; São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died	January 17, 1892 (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. Levy died prematurely at the age of 27, and is the first known musician to die at the infamous age. His hometown grants a prestigious award in his name.

Darius Milhaud, in his ballet Le Bœuf sur le toit, borrowed a theme from Levy's Tango Brasileiro.^[1]

List of piano works

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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. Tempête
- Clair de Lune. Idylle Fugitive
Comala (poème musical)

References

^ 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

Biografia na página da Academia Brasileira de Música

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

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

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