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Maestro Clément Philibert Léo Delibes, Paris, circa 1885
Maestro Clément Philibert Léo Delibes, Paris, circa 1885

(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891) was a French composer of Romantic music. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Romantic Music is a Musicological term referring to a particular period theory compositional practice and canon in European music history from about 1815 to 1910 He was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, now part of La Flèche, France. La Flèche is a commune of the Sarthe département in France, on the banks of the Loir river

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Biographical data

Delibes was born in 1836, the son of a mailman and a musical mother, but also the grandson of an opera singer. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto He was raised mainly by his mother and uncle following his father's early death. In 1871, at the age of 35, the composer married Léontine Estelle Denain. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Delibes died 20 years later in 1891, and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Montmartre Cemetery ( Fr: Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson in the 18th ''arrondissement'' of Paris Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

Career

Starting in 1847, Delibes studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire as a student of Adolphe Adam. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Adolphe Charles Adam ( July 24, 1803 &ndash May 3, A year later, he also began taking voice lessons, though he would end up a much better organ player than singer. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each He held positions as a rehearsal accompanist and chorus master at the Théâtre Lyrique, second chorus master at the Paris Opéra, (1864), and as organist at Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot between 1865 and 1871. In Music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with a soloist or ensemble, often known as the Lead, in a Supporting manner Théâtre Lyrique (or Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial was one of three separate 19th century Opera houses in Paris (the other two being Opèra and Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common His first of many operettas was Deux sous de charbon ("Two sous-worth of coal"), written in 1856 for the Folies-Nouvelles. The solidus (the Latin word for solid) was originally a Gold coin issued by the Romans. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

A ceremonial cantata, Algers, for Napoleon III on the theme of Algiers, brought him to official attention; a collaboration with Léon Minkus resulted, in which his contribution of an act's worth of musical numbers for a ballet La Source (1866) brought him into the milieu of ballet. Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Ludwig Minkus (Людвиг Минкус aka Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (born Aloisius Ludwig Minkus on March 23, 1826 in Velké Meziříčí La Source is a Ballet in three acts four scenes with a score collaborated on by Léo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus (Minkus Act I Ballet as a Musical form is a musical composition intended for ballet performance. Delibes achieved true fame in 1870 with the success of his ballet Coppélia; its title referred to a mechanical dancing doll that distracts a village swain from his beloved and appears to come to life. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Coppélia is a sentimental comic Ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter His other ballet is Sylvia (1876). Sylvia, originally Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane, is a full-length Ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Delibes also composed various operas, the last of which, the lush orientalizing Lakmé (1883), contains, among many dazzling numbers, the famous coloratura showpiece known as the Légende du Paria or Bell Song ("Où va la jeune Indoue?") and The Flower Duet ("Sous le dôme epais"), a barcarolle that British Airways commercials made familiar to non-opera-goers in the 1990s. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Lakmé is an Opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, based on the "The Flower Duet" ( Viens Mallika les liens en fleurs A barcarolle (from French; also Italian barcarola, barcarole) is a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers, or a piece of British Airways plc ( is the national Airline and Flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe At the time, his operas impressed Tchaikovsky enough for the composer to rate Delibes more highly than Brahms—which seems faint praise when one considers that the Russian composer considered Brahms "a giftless bastard. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer "

In 1867 Delibes composed the divertissement Le Jardin Animé for a revival of the Joseph Mazilier/Adolphe Adam ballet Le Corsaire. Divertimento (from italian divertire - to amuse is a music genre with most of its examples stemming from the 18th century Joseph Mazilier was French 19th century Dancer, Balletmaster and Choreographer. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Adolphe Charles Adam ( July 24, 1803 &ndash May 3, Le Corsaire is a Ballet typically presented in three acts with a scenario originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, loosely based He wrote a Mass, his Messe brève, and composed operettas akmost yearly and occasional music for the theater, such as dances and antique airs for Victor Hugo's Le roi s'amuse, the play that Verdi turned into Rigoletto. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based Some musicologists believe that the ballet in Gounod's Faust was actually composed by Delibes. Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play

Influence

Delibes' work is known to have been a great influence on composers such as Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Debussy(4). Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. His ballet Sylvia was of special interest to Tchaikovsky, who wrote of Delibes' score,

“. Sylvia, originally Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane, is a full-length Ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed . . what charm, what wealth of melody! It brought me to shame, for had I known of this music, I would have never written Swan Lake. ”
Excerpt from Delibes' score: The first few measures of Pizzicato from Sylvia
Excerpt from Delibes' score: The first few measures of Pizzicato from Sylvia

Works

La Source (1866)
Valse ou Pas de Fleurs for Adolphe Adam's Le Corsaire (1867)
Coppélia (1870)
Sylvia (1876)
Maître Griffard (1857)
Monsieur de Bonne-Etoile (1860)
Les Musiciens d'Orchestre (1861; with Offenbach, Erlanger, and Hignard)
Le Jardinier et son Seigneur (1863)
Le Boeuf Apis (1865)
Malbrough s'en va-t-en Guerre (1867; 4th act only)
La Cour du Roi Pétaud (1869)
Fleur-de-lys (1873)
Le Roi l’a Dit (1873)
Jean de Nivelle (1880)
Lakmé (1883)
Kassya (1893)
Deux sous le Charbon ou Le Suicide de Bigorneau (1856)
Deux Vieilles Gardes (1856)
Six Demoiselles à Marier (1856)
L'Omelette à la Follembuche (1859)
Les Eaux d'Ems (1861)
Mon Ami Pierrot (1862)
Le Serpent à Plumes (1864)
L'Ecossais de Chatou (1869)
La Tradition. La Source is a Ballet in three acts four scenes with a score collaborated on by Léo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus (Minkus Act I WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Adolphe Charles Adam ( July 24, 1803 &ndash May 3, Le Corsaire is a Ballet typically presented in three acts with a scenario originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, loosely based Coppélia is a sentimental comic Ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter Sylvia, originally Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane, is a full-length Ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed Lakmé is an Opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, based on the A prologue (1864)

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