Alexandre Montfort
Alexandre Montfort (born May 12, 1803 in Paris , † February 12, 1856 there ) was a French composer .
Alexandre Montfort studied piano as well as harmony and counterpoint with François-Joseph Fétis and composition with Henri Montan Berton at the Conservatoire de Paris . In 1830 he won the deuxième Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata La dernière nuit de Sardanapale behind Hector Berlioz . He started the stay at the Villa Medici in Rome associated with the award together with Berlioz.
After a trip to Germany, he returned to Paris in 1835, where he composed the operatic pantomime La Chatte métamorphosée en femme based on Charles Duveyrier and Jean Coralli . The work was premiered at the Paris Opera in 1837 and was on the program of the house for several years.
Montfort composed a number of other music-dramatic works, all of which were performed at the Opéra-Comique , as well as songs and piano pieces.
Works
- La Chatte métamorphosée en femme , opera pantomime, WP 1837
- Polichinelle , opera in one act, premiered in 1839
- La Jeunesse de Charles-Quint , Opera in two acts, premiered in 1841
- La Sainte-Cécile , Opera in three acts, premiered in 1843
- La Charbonnière , Opera in three acts, premiered in 1845
- L'Ombre d'Argentine , opera in one act, premiered in 1863
- Deucalion et Pyrrha , opera in one act, 1855
- Songs based on Napoléon Crevel de Charlemagne : La Jeunesse espagnole , Le Retour de la pêche , Le Sereno , Voici le soir
- 6 Valses brilliant for piano
- Rondoletto for piano
- Quadrille de contredanses for piano four hands
- Les Colombes, recueil de valses pour le piano
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| SURNAME | Montfort, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1856 |
| Place of death | Paris |