Alexandre Levy
Alexandre Levy was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor. Born in São Paulo, he pioneered a fusion of classical composition with Brazil's popular folk music and rhythms. His hometown grants a prestigious award in his name.
His Jewish family came from France and was musically active. His father, Henrique Luís Levy, was a musician who founded, a leading music store in São Paulo.
Darius Milhaud, in his ballet Le Bœuf sur le toit, borrowed a theme from Levy's Tango Brasileiro.
Selected list of works
Orchestra
Andante para cordas in E-flat major for String Orchestra Werther, Symphonic Poem in E-flat major after Goethe Marcha com coros, Orchestral Cantata Hymne à 14 Juillet- Symphony in E minor
- * Largo - allegro molto
- * Andante
- * Scherzo. Allegro vivo
- * Allegro molto vivoComala, Symphonic Poem Suite Brésilienne
- * Prélude
- * Dansa rustica: Canção Triste
- * A beira do regato: Idyllio Sentimental
- * Samba
- Symphonic Poem Oedipe, Orchestral Cantata
Chamber Music
- Fantasia brillante sull'opera 'Il Guarany' for two pianos, Op. 2
- Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 10
- * Allegro
- * Andante
- * Scherzo - Fugato
- * FinaleLes jeux des Sylphides for four-hand piano Scherzo valse, Op. 9
- String Quartet in A minor
- * Allegro comodo
- * Scherzo
- * Adagio molto
- * Finale
- Andante for String Quartet in E-flat minor Rêverie for string quartet in G major, Op. 19
- Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor
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- * Scherzo
- * FinaleEn mer, Musical poem for four-hand piano
- * Depart. Mer Calme
- * Le Ciel s'assombrit. Tempête
- * Clair de Lune. Idylle Fugitive
- Romance' Fantasie brillante for four-hand piano, Op. 5 Scène à la mer for cello and piano
Piano solo
Fantasia para dois pianos a partir de temas da ópera O Guarany Impromptu-Caprice, op. 1 Fosca, fantasia brilhante, op. 3 3 Improvisations, op. 4- * Romance sans paroles
- * A la Hongroise
- * Pensée fugitive Valsa-Capricho, op. 5 Mazurca n. 1, op. 6 no 1 Mazurca n. 2, op. 6 no 2 Recuerdos - Polca de Salão Causerie Cavalcante Collin Maillard Étude Je t'en prie Petite marche Plaintive Scherzo-valse, op. 9 Improviso n. 2 Trois Morceaux, op. 13
- * Coeur blessé
- * Amour passé
- * Doute Allegro Appassionato, op. 14 Variations sur un thème populaire brésilien Tango Brasileiro Samba Schumanniana, op. 16
- * Allegretto, ma un poco agitato
- * Allegro moderato
- * Lento
- * Allegretto giocoso
- * Moderato assai
- * Allegro
- * Moderato
- * Allegro molto - Presto
- ''Papillonnage''