Charles Lecocq
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(Alexandre) Charles Lecocq
( b Paris, 3 June 1832; d there, 24 Oct 1918). French composer. At the Paris Conservatoire he studied with Bazin and Halévy and became a friend of Bizet and Saint-Saëns. The acclaim accorded his operettas Les cent vierges (1872), La fille de Madame Angot (1872) and Giroflé-Girofla (1874), all first produced in Brussels, established him as a natural successor to Offenbach. In Paris he confirmed his international reputation with La petite mariée (1875) and Le petit duc (1878), both still in the repertory; they demonstrate his light touch, pleasing melodies, deft use of rhythm and lively theatrical effects.
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Charles Lecocq
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| Born | June 3, 1832 Paris, France |
| Died | October 24, 1918 Paris |
Alexandre Charles Lecocq (June 3, 1832, Paris – October 24, 1918, Paris) was a French musical composer. He was admitted into the Conservatoire in 1849, being already an accomplished pianist. He studied under François Bazin, François Benoist, and Fromental Halévy, winning the first prize for harmony in 1850, and the second prize for fugue in 1852. He first gained notice by sharing with Georges Bizet the first prize for an operetta in a competition instituted by Jacques Offenbach.
His opéra comique, Le Docteur Miracle, was performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens in 1857. After that he wrote constantly for theatres, but produced nothing especially successful until Fleur-de-thé (1868), which ran for more than a hundred nights. Les cent vierges (1872) was also favorably received.
Yet all his previous successes were cast into the shade by La fille de Madame Angot (Brussels, 1872), which in Paris in 1873 was performed for more than 400 nights consecutively, and which has since gained and retained enormous popularity.[1] After 1873, Lecocq produced a large number of operettas, though he never equalled his early triumph in La fille de Madame Angot. Camille Saint-Saëns was a friend of Lecocq's, and never ceased to admire the latter's music.
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- ^ La fille de Madame Angot at www.oldandsold.com
- Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pp., ISBN 0-19-869164-5
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