Charles Lecocq in 1880

Alexandre Charles Lecocq (June 3, 1832 – October 24, 1918) was a French musical composer born in Paris. He was admitted into the Conservatoire in 1849, being already an accomplished pianist. He studied under Bazin, Halevy and Benoist, winning the first prize for harmony in 1850, and the second prize for fugue in 1852. He first gained notice by sharing with Bizet the first prize for an operetta in a competition instituted by Offenbach. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (620x700, 42 KB)Alexandre Charles Lecocq, (1832 – 1918). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (620x700, 42 KB)Alexandre Charles Lecocq, (1832 – 1918). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Pezinok (Hungarian: Bazin, German: Bösing) is a city in southwestern Slovakia. ... Daniel Halévy Élie Halévy Fromental Halévy Joseph Halévy Léon Halévy Ludovic Halévy See also Halevi, ha-Levi(ha-Levy) This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Benoist may be Gabriel Benoist Jean-Marie Benoist Marcel Benoist Michel Benoist Robert Benoist Alexandre Benois The Benoist Model 14 seaplane was flown by Tony Jannus during the worlds first scheduled commercial airline flight. ... In music, a fugue is a type of piece written in counterpoint for several independent musical voices. ... Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875), was a French composer of the romantic era best known for his opera Carmen. ... Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880), composer and cellist, was one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy. ...

His operetta, Le Docteur miracle, was performed at Les Bouffes Parisiens in 1857. After that he wrote constantly for theatres, but produced nothing worthy of mention until Fleur de the (1868), which ran for more than a hundred nights. Les Cent Vierges (1872) was also favorably received, but all his previous successes were cast into the shade by La Fille de Madame Angot (Paris, 1873; London, 1873), which was performed for 400 nights consecutively, and has since gained and retained enormous popularity. Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...

After 1873 Lecocq produced a large number of comic operas, though he never equalled his early triumph in La Fille de Madame Angot. Among the best of his pieces are Girofle-Girofia (Paris and London, 1874); Les Prés Saint-Gervais (Paris and London, 1874); La Petite Marife (Paris, 1875; London, 1876, revived as The Scarlet Feather, 1897); Le Petit Duc (Paris, 1878; London, as The Little Duke, 1878); La Petite Mademoiselle (Paris, 1879; London, 1880); Le Jour ella Nuit (Paris, 1881; London, as Manola, 1882); Le Canir ci la main (Paris, 1882; London, as Incognita, 1893); La Princesse des Canaries (Paris, 1883; London, as Pepita, 1888). In 1899 a ballet by Lecocq, entitled Le Cygne, was staged at the Opéra Comique, Paris; and in 1903 Yetta was produced at Brussels. The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental as it is through the lyrics. ... Opéra comique is a French style of opera that is a partial counterpart to the Italian opera buffa. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and of the European Union. ...

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References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.