Aimé Maillart
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Louis-Aimé Maillart (March 24, 1817 – May 26, 1871) was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars and Lara.
Biography
Maillart was born in texa.[1] He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1833, learning composition from Aimé-Ambroise-Simon Leborne and Fromental Halévy, and violin from Guérin.[1] In 1841 he won France's premier music prize, the Prix de Rome, which brought with it three years' study at the French Academy in Rome. After returning to France he composed his first opera, Gastibelza, ou Le fou de Tolède, which was chosen as the opening work at the Opéra-National (later the Théâtre Lyrique) in 1847.[2] There followed five more operas between then and 1864, all first performed in Paris.[1]
Of his operas, Les dragons de Villars (1856) and Lara (1864) are the best known. Les dragons de Villars premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique;[3] it was also given in Germany under the title Das Glöckchen des Eremiten.[1] Lara was based on a poem of the same name by Lord Byron.[1]
Maiilart died in Moulins, Allier in the Auvergne region of France at the age of 54, and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians says of him, "Maillart’s music is characterized by graceful melodies, a colourful, theatrical style and skilful instrumentation".[1]
Operas
- Lionel Foscara (cantata) (1841)
- Gastilbelza (l'homme à la carbine) (1847)
- Le moulin des tilleuls (1849)
- Les dragons de Villars (1856)
- Les pêcheurs de Catane (1860)
- Lara (
References and sources
References
Sources
- Clément, Félix; Pierre Larousse (1873). Dictionnaire lyrique : ou, Histoire des opéras. Paris: Larousse. OCLC 609871727.
External links
- "Aimé Maillart". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- Free scores by Aimé Maillart at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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- 1817 births
- 1871 deaths
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century French composers
- 19th-century French male musicians
- Burials at Montmartre Cemetery
- French Romantic composers
- French opera composers
- French male opera composers
- Musicians from Montpellier
- Prix de Rome for composition