Alexandre Levy

Alexandre Levy (10 November 1864 – 17 January 1892) 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 (1887) for String Orchestra (1887) * Werther, Symphonic Poem in E-flat major after Goethe (1888) * Marcha com coros, Orchestral Cantata (1888) * Hymne à 14 Juillet (1889) * Symphony in E minor (1889) ** Largo - allegro molto ** Andante ** Scherzo. Allegro vivo ** Allegro molto vivo * Comala, Symphonic Poem (1890) * Suite Brésilienne (1890) ** Prélude ** Dansa rustica: Canção Triste (lost) ** A beira do regato: Idyllio Sentimental ** Samba * Symphonic Poem (unnamed; n.d.) * Oedipe, Orchestral Cantata (n.d.) Chamber Music * Fantasia brillante sull’opera ‘Il Guarany’ for two pianos, Op. 2 (1880) * Piano