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, Halvy and Benoist, winning the first prize for harmony in 1850, and the second prize for fugue in 1852. He first gained notice by dividing with Bizet the first prize for an operetta in a competition instituted by fOffenbach. Jump to: navigation, search 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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 Docleur miracle, was performed at the 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 favorably received also, but all his previous successes were cast into the shade by La Rule 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. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

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, 5897); Le Petit Due (Paris, 1878; London, as The Little Duke, 1878); La Petite Mademoiselle (Paris, 1879; London, 5880); Le Jour ella Nuit (Paris, 1881; London, as Manola, 1882); Le Canir ci la main (Paris, 5882; London, as Incognita, 5893); 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. Jump to: navigation, search The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to an art form particular to Europe, which is made up of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... 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 is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the...

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