Alexandre Luigini
Alexandre Clement Leon Joseph Luigini (born March 9, 1850 in Lyon , † July 29, 1906 in Paris ) was a French composer.
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Alexandre Luigini grew up in a musician's household. Luigini's grandparents are from Modena , but moved to France when his grandfather got a job as a trumpeter at the Grand-Théâtre in Lyon. Luigini's father was also a musician in the orchestra, but later became the conductor of the Orchester des Grand-Théâtre. In this activity he composed ballets and cantatas, among other things. After studying at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he came second in a violin competition, Alexandre Luigini returned to Lyon and initially worked for several years as a violinist in the theater orchestra. In 1877 he became the conductor of this orchestra. In this capacity he also had to compose for the theater. This led to the composition mainly of ballet music, but also operas and orchestral suites.
In 1897 he left Lyon and became a conductor at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he lived until his sudden death in 1906. Most of his compositions are the result of theater practice. He wrote mostly utility music for ballet and for various theater productions, including two operas. In addition, a number of songs as well as works for string quartet and other chamber music formations were created. Luigini's best-known work is the Ballet Égyptien (1875), which gained great fame as an orchestral suite in the early 1920s. Luigini originally composed the music for the second act of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida when it was performed in Lyon in 1886. This ballet music gained particular popularity in its use in the pseudo-Egyptian "sand dance" of the British entertainment trio Jack Wilson, Joe Keppel and Betty Knox, who performed with it from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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| SURNAME | Luigini, Alexandre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luigini, Alexandre Clement Leon Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1906 |
| Place of death | Paris |