Sylvio Lazzari

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Sylvio Lazzari

Sylvio Lazzari , actually Josef Fortunat Silvester , (born December 30, 1857 in Bozen , † June 10, 1944 in Suresnes , France ) was a French composer with Austrian roots.

Life

Lazzari was born in South Tyrol and graduated from there. He then studied at the University of Innsbruck , where he joined the Corps Gothia Innsbruck . After continuing his studies in Munich, he completed his studies in Vienna in 1882 with a doctorate. In 1882, after studying law, he came to Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Ernest Guiraud and Charles Gounod . Encouraged by Ernest Chausson and César Franck , with whom he also took lessons, Lazzari settled in France and obtained French nationality in 1896. He held various official positions, including that of the President of the Wagner Society (from 1894) and the choirmaster at the Opéra de Monte Carlo.

In 1894 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor for his work .

Works

Orchestra :

  • Marche pour une fête joyeuse (1903)
  • Effet de Nuit ( Fact of Night )
  • Symphonic Tableau after Paul Verlaine (1904)
  • Symphony in E-flat (1907)
  • Suite in F major, op.23 (1922)
  • Faust (Drama Music, Goethe) (1925)

Concerts :

  • Concert piece , op.18, for piano and orchestra, (1887), (1894)
  • Rapsody for violin and orchestra (1922)

Salon orchestra :

  • Perdu en mer (1926)
  • Escualdune ( visions basques ) (1927)
  • Fête bretonne (1927)
  • La chanson du moulin (1928)
  • Cortège nocturne (1929)

Chamber music :

  • Piano trio, op.13 (1889)
  • Violin Sonata, op. 24 (1894)
  • String Quartet, op.17a (1887-8)
  • Barcarolle for cello and piano (1912)
  • Octet, op.20, for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn, 2 basses and 2 horns (1920)
  • Scherzo for violin and piano (1931)

Piano :

  • Valse brilliante, op. 4 (1884)
  • Valses caractéristiques (1886–8)
  • Suite, op. 14 (1891)
  • 3 Pieces, Op. 16 (1892)
  • 2 miniatures (1895)
  • Petite esquisse (1903)
  • Rapsodie hongroise (1903)
  • Romanzetta (1923)
  • Cordace ( Danse grecque ) (1925)

Orchestra songs :

  • 2 poèmes (M. Dumont, P. Verlaine), op. 30 (1901), (S. Mallarmé, 1903)
  • Le cavalier d'Olmedo (after L. de Vega) (1918)
  • Le nouveau Christ (H. Bataille) (1918)
  • La fontaine de pitié (Bataille) (1920)

Songs ao :

  • Vieux motif (LB) (1884)
  • L'amour d'après Ninette (G. Richard) (1887)
  • A l'absente (P. Verlaine, J. Lahor, anon.) (1892)
  • L'oiseau ; Au printemps ; La jeune fille et la rose (Lazzari), 4 votes (1893)
  • 3 mélodies (P. Verlaine, L. Bowitsch, L. Benedite), op.19 (1894)
  • L'automne (A. de Lamartine), 3 voices, piano ad lib (1894)
  • 3 duos (Lazzari), op.21, for soprano and baritone (1894)
  • 2 poèmes (M. Dumont, P. Verlaine), op. 30 (1901)
  • 3 poésies d'E. Blémont d'après H. Heine (1906)
  • Le cavalier d'Olmedo (after L. de Vega) (1918)
  • Le nouveau Christ (H. Bataille) (1918)
  • La fontaine de pitié (Bataille) (1920)

Stage works :

  • Lulu (1889), pantomime in one act
  • Armor (1896), opera in three acts
  • La lépreuse , also L'ensorcelé (composed in 1899, first performed in 1912), tragédie légendaire in three acts
  • Melænis (composed in 1907, premiered in 1927), opera in five acts
  • Le sauteriot (1918), Drame lyrique in three acts
  • La tour de feu (1928), Drame lyrique in three acts

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert James Stove: César Franck: His Life and Times. Scarecrowe Press, Lanham, Maryland 2012, p. 272
  2. Sebastian Werr:  Lazzari, Sylvio. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9 , Sp. 1380-1381 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)