Louis Alexandre Piccinni
Illustration — Alexandre Piccinni Louis Alexandre Piccinni (variously Louis Alexandre, Luigi Alessandro or Lodovice Alessandro) (10 September 1779 – 24 April 1850) was a prolific music composer born in Paris of Italian ancestry. The grandson of the Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera, Niccolò Piccinni, and the son of Giuseppe Luigi Piccinni, Louis was already giving piano lessons at age 13. He studied piano, and later attended the Conservatoire where he studied composition from Jean-François Le Sueur.
Louis Alexandre Piccinni
signed “alf albert 1836" · chez Hautecœur-Martinet, éditeur, sur du Coq, N° 15 à Paris · Public domain
- Born
- Louis Alexandre Piccinni was born on 10 September 1779. · Paris.
- Died
- Louis Alexandre Piccinni died on 24 April 1850. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer, choreographer and pianist.
- Fields
- opera.
- Movements
- classical music.
- Teachers
- Jean-François Le Sueur.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Alexandre Piccinni Louis Alexandre Piccinni (variously Louis Alexandre, Luigi Alessandro or Lodovice Alessandro) (10 September 1779 – 24 April 1850) was a prolific music composer born in Paris of Italian ancestry. The grandson of the Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera, Niccolò Piccinni, and the son of Giuseppe Luigi Piccinni, Louis was already giving piano lessons at age 13. He studied piano, and later attended the Conservatoire where he studied composition from Jean-François Le Sueur.
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He was accompanist at the Théâtre Feydeau, and from 1802 at the Opéra-Comique. From 1803 to 1816, he was conductor of the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, and from 1804 to 1818 accompanist in the chapels of Louis XVIII at the court. Piccinni taught singing and piano at Paris until 1836, when he moved to Boulogne to teach and direct at the National Conservatory in Toulouse. He later moved to Strasburg and directed the Baden-Baden concerts. He returned to Paris in 1849 and died there the following year. Piccinni wrote over 200 works for the stage, including 25 comic operas. His genres also included melodrama; ballet; vaudeville airs; cantatas; romances; sonatas; piano-music; and opera.
Louis Alexandre Piccinni is recorded with the occupation choreographer. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as composer, choreographer and pianist. Associated with classical music. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Mademoiselle Ida (Le Bon Ange), Étienne Mélingue (Le Mauvais Ange), Madame Astruc (Paquita), Durocher (Don Juan de Marana) in costumes in Don Juan de Marana ou La chute d'un ange: mystère en 5 actes et 7 tableaux / texte d'Alexandre Dumas. -
Unknown (Alf. Albert?) · chez Hautecœur-Martinet, éditeur, sur du Coq, N° 15 à Paris
Étienne Mélingue as Le Mauvais Ange in Don Juan de Marana ou La chute d'un ange: mystère en 5 actes et 7 tableaux / texte d'Alexandre Dumas. -
Unknown (Alf. Albert?) · Imp. d’Aubert et de Junco
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1779
Louis Alexandre Piccinni was born on 10 September 1779.
1850
Louis Alexandre Piccinni died on 24 April 1850.
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Louis Alexandre Piccinni died in Paris.
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