Name Edouard Lalo Children Pierre Lalo | Education Conservatoire de Paris Role Composer | |
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Died April 22, 1892, Paris, France Compositions Symphonie espagnole, Symphonie espagnole, Cello Concerto, Cello Concerto, Le roi d\'Ys, Le roi d\'Ys, Symphony in G minor, Symphony in G minor, Fiesque, Fiesque, Rapsodie norvegienne, Rapsodie norvegienne, Piano Trio no 1 in C minor - op 7, Piano Trio no 1 in C minor - op 7, Symphonie espagnole in D minor - op 21: I Allegro non troppo, Symphonie espagnole in D minor - op 21: I Allegro non troppo, Cello Concerto in D minor: I Prelude, Cello Concerto in D minor: I Prelude, Guitare - op 28, Guitare - op 28, Symphonie espangnole - Op 21: 4 Rondo Allegro, Symphonie espangnole - Op 21: 4 Rondo Allegro, Piano Trio no 1 in C minor - op 7: II Romance Andante, Piano Trio no 1 in C minor - op 7: II Romance Andante, Violin Concerto - op 20: I Andante, Violin Concerto - op 20: I Andante, Piano Concerto in F minor: I Lento - Allegro, Piano Concerto in F minor: I Lento - Allegro, Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: III Intermezzo: Allegro non troppo, Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: III Intermezzo: Allegro non troppo, Namouna Suite no 2: V Danse des esclaves, Namouna Suite no 2: V Danse des esclaves, Cello Concerto in D minor: III Introduction: Andante - Allegro vivace, Cello Concerto in D minor: III Introduction: Andante - Allegro vivace, Rapsodie norvegienne - for orchestra: I Andantino - Allegretto, Rapsodie norvegienne - for orchestra: I Andantino - Allegretto, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): II Andante, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): II Andante, Konzert F-Dur - op 28 (album version), Konzert F-Dur - op 28 (album version), Namouna Suite no 2: IV Pas de Cymbales, Namouna Suite no 2: IV Pas de Cymbales, Symphonie espagnole - Op 21: III Intermezzo Allegretto non troppo, Symphonie espagnole - Op 21: III Intermezzo Allegretto non troppo, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): III Allegro - Presto, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): III Allegro - Presto, Rapsodie norvegienne - for orchestra: II Presto, Rapsodie norvegienne - for orchestra: II Presto, Piano Concerto in F minor: III Allegro, Piano Concerto in F minor: III Allegro, Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: I Prelude - Allegro, Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: I Prelude - Allegro, Namouna Suite no 1: V Fete foraine, Namouna Suite no 1: V Fete foraine, Le Roi d\'Ys: Overture, Le Roi d\'Ys: Overture, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: II Presto, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: II Presto, Sonata for cello and piano in A minor: II Andante, Sonata for cello and piano in A minor: II Andante, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: IV Allegro molto, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: IV Allegro molto, Aubade "Vainement - ma bien-aimee" from Le Roi d\'Ys, Aubade "Vainement - ma bien-aimee" from Le Roi d\'Ys, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: II Andante non troppo, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: II Andante non troppo, Cello Concerto in D minor: II Intermezzo: Andantino con moto - Allegro presto, Cello Concerto in D minor: II Intermezzo: Andantino con moto - Allegro presto, Namouna Suite no 1: II Serenade, Namouna Suite no 1: II Serenade, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): I Allegro non troppo, Fantaisie norveggienne (arr recorder & guitar): I Allegro non troppo, Fantaisie Norvegienne: I Allegro non troppo, Fantaisie Norvegienne: I Allegro non troppo, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: I Allegro appassionato, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: I Allegro appassionato, Namouna Suite no 2: III La Siesta, Namouna Suite no 2: III La Siesta, Namouna Suite no 1: I Prelude, Namouna Suite no 1: I Prelude, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: III Vivace, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: III Vivace, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: III Tres lent, Piano Trio no 3 in A minor - op 26: III Tres lent, Namouna Suite no 1: IV Parades de foire, Namouna Suite no 1: IV Parades de foire, Symphonie espagnole in D minor - Op 21: II Scherzando Allegro moderato, Symphonie espagnole in D minor - Op 21: II Scherzando Allegro moderato, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: IV Appassionato, String Quartet in E-flat major - op 45: IV Appassionato, Namouna Suite no 2: II Mazurka, Namouna Suite no 2: II Mazurka, Souvenir, Souvenir, Namouna Suite no 1: III Theme varie, Namouna Suite no 1: III Theme varie, Le Roi d\'Ys: \'Puisqu\'on Ne Peut FlechirVainement - Ma Bien-Aimee\', Le Roi d\'Ys: \'Puisqu\'on Ne Peut FlechirVainement - Ma Bien-Aimee\', Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: IV Introduction - Vivace (Chants russes), Concerto russe pour violon & orchestre - op 29: IV Introduction - Vivace (Chants russes), Namouna Suite no 2: I Danse marocaine, Namouna Suite no 2: I Danse marocaine Similar People Camille Saint‑Saens, Pablo de Sarasate, Max Bruch, Ernest Chausson, Henri Vieuxtemps | ||
Music director The Lady and the Cellist | ||
Henri legay aubade le roi d ys edouard lalo
Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) was a French composer. Easily his most celebrated piece is his Symphonie espagnole, a popular work in the standard repertoire for violin and orchestra.
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Biography
Lalo was born in Lille (Nord), in northernmost France. He attended that city's conservatoire in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under François Antoine Habeneck. Habeneck conducted student concerts at the Conservatoire from 1806 onwards and became the founding conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828. (Berlioz, in his memoirs, denounced Habeneck for incompetence in conducting Berlioz's own Requiem.)
For several years, Lalo worked as a string player and teacher in Paris. In 1848, he joined with friends to found the Armingaud Quartet, playing viola and later second violin. Lalo's earliest surviving compositions are songs and chamber works (two early symphonies were destroyed).
Julie Besnier de Maligny, a contralto from Brittany, became his bride in 1865. She aroused Lalo's early interest in opera and led him to compose works for the stage, of which Le Roi d'Ys is the most notable. Unfortunately, these works were never really popular; despite their originality, they incurred considerable criticism for being allegedly too progressive and Wagnerian. This led Lalo to dedicate most of his career to the composition of chamber music, which was gradually coming into vogue for the first time in France, and works for orchestra.
Although Lalo is not one of the most immediately recognized names in French music, his distinctive style has earned him some degree of popularity. Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra still enjoys a prominent place in the repertoire of violinists, and every now and then Lalo's Cello Concerto in D minor is revived. His Symphony in G minor was a favorite of Sir Thomas Beecham (who recorded it) and has been occasionally championed by later conductors too.
Lalo's idiom is notable for strong melodies and colourful orchestration, with a rather Germanic solidity that distinguishes him from other French composers of his era. Such works as the Scherzo in D minor, one of Lalo's most colorful pieces, might be considered appropriate embodiments of his distinctive style and strong expressive bent.
The aforementioned Le roi d'Ys, an opera based on the Breton legend of Ys, is Lalo's most complex and ambitious creation. (This same legend inspired Claude Debussy to compose his famous piano piece, La cathédrale engloutie.) For many years Le Roi d'Ys was considered unperformable, and it was not staged until 1888, when Lalo was 65 years old. Eight years earlier, he became a member of the Legion of Honour. He died in Paris in 1892, leaving several unfinished works, including his opera La jacquerie, completed by Arthur Coquard. He was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Lalo's son Pierre (6 September 1866 – 9 June 1943) was a music critic who wrote for Le Temps and other French periodicals from 1898 until his death.
Popular culture
In 1962, composer Maurice Jarre used a theme from Lalo's Piano Concerto for the exotic score to Lawrence of Arabia.
The American science fiction television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, makes reference to a "U.S.S. Lalo" in two different episodes, "We'll Always Have Paris" and "The Best of Both Worlds", though there is no particular reason to suppose this is a reference to the French composer.
Part of his Cello Concerto in D minor was used in the second season of Mozart in the Jungle.