Alexandre Levy

Biography

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 Casa Levy, 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.

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 Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 10 (1882)
Allegro
Andante
Scherzo - Fugato
Finale
Les jeux des Sylphides for four-hand piano (1884)
Scherzo valse, Op. 9 (1885)
String Quartet in A minor (1885)
Allegro comodo
Scherzo
Adagio molto
Finale
Andante for String Quartet in E-flat minor (1887; also adapted for string orchestra)
Rêverie for string quartet in G major, Op. 19 (1889)
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor (1889)
(Lost)
(Lost)
Scherzo
Finale
En mer, Musical poem for four-hand piano (n.d.)
Depart. Mer Calme
Le Ciel s'assombrit. Tempête
Clair de Lune. Idylle Fugitive
Romance' (n.d.)
Fantasie brillante for four-hand piano, Op. 5 (n.d.)
Scène à la mer for cello and piano (n.d.)

Piano solo

Fantasia para dois pianos a partir de temas da ópera O Guarany (1880)
Impromptu-Caprice, op. 1 (1881)
Fosca, fantasia brilhante, op. 3 (1882)
3 Improvisations, op. 4 (1882)
Romance sans paroles (1882)
A la Hongroise (1882)
Pensée fugitive (1882)
Valsa-Capricho, op. 5 (1882)
Mazurca n. 1, op. 6 no 1 (1882)
Mazurca n. 2, op. 6 no 2 (1882)
Recuerdos - Polca de Salão (1882)
Causerie (1883)
Cavalcante (1883)
Collin Maillard (1883)
Étude (1883)
Je t'en prie (1883)
Petite marche (1883)
Plaintive (1885)
Scherzo-valse, op. 9 (1885)
Improviso n. 2 (1887)
Trois Morceaux, op. 13 (1887)
Coeur blessé (1887)
Amour passé (1887)
Doute (1887)
Allegro Appassionato, op. 14 (1887)
Variations sur un thème populaire brésilien (Vem Cá, Bitu) (1887)
Tango Brasileiro (1890)
Samba (Suite Brésilienne, IV.) (1890)
Schumanniana, op. 16 (1891)
Allegretto, ma un poco agitato
Allegro moderato
Lento
Allegretto giocoso
Moderato assai
Allegro
Moderato
Allegro molto - Presto
Papillonnage (n.d.)