Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy
Levy in 1881
Born(1864-11-10)10 November 1864
São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died17 January 1892(1892-01-17) (aged 27)
São Paulo, Brazil
Years active1880–1892

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 [pt], a leading music store in São Paulo.

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

Selected list of works

Orchestra

Chamber Music

Piano solo

Further reading

References

  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