Charles Lecocq
Alexandre Charles Lecocq (3 June 1832 – 24 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870s and early 1880s, before the changing musical fashions of the late 19th century made his style of composition less popular. His few serious works include the opera Plutus (1886), which was not a success, and the ballet Le cygne (1899). His only piece to survive in the regular modern operatic repertory is his 1872 opéra comique La fille de Madame Angot (Mme Angot's Daughter). Others of his more than forty stage works receive occasional revivals. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Lecocq shared the first prize with Georges Bizet in an operetta-writing contest organised in 1856 by Offenbach. Lecocq's next successful composition was an opéra-bouffe, Fleur-de-Thé (Tea-flower), twelve years later. His comic operas Les cent vierges (The Hundred Virgins, 1872), La fille de Madame Angot (1872) and Giroflé-Girofla (1874) were all successes and established his international reputation. Critics remarked on the elegance of the music in Lecocq's best works. His other popular pieces in the 1870s included La petite mariée (The Little Bride, 1875) and Le petit duc (The Little Duke, 1878). Although a few of his works in the early 1880s were well-received, and he continued composing for more than two decades afterwards, his later works never achieved the same admiration. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 66 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 76581 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | This surely is a mystery | Beecham Opera Company ; Desirée Ellinger ; Eugene Goossens ; Herbert Langley ; Arthur Wynn | Vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76582 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Oh, happy days of childhood | Gladys Ancrum ; Beecham Opera Company ; Desirée Ellinger ; Eugene Goossens | Vocal duet (2 sopranos), with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76583 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Softly, idly | Gladys Ancrum ; Beecham Opera Company ; C. Bloomfield ; Desirée Ellinger ; Eugene Goossens ; Constantin Stroesco ; Arthur Wynn | Vocal quintet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76584 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Ah, then 'tis you | Gladys Ancrum ; Beecham Opera Company ; Desirée Ellinger ; Eugene Goossens | Vocal duet (2 sopranos), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2257 | 10-in. | 4/30/1913 | This is their nuptial chamber | Royal Fish ; Elizabeth Spencer | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2283 | 10-in. | 5/12/1913 | By thee I swear | Marie De Kyser ; Randall Hargreaves | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2355 | 10-in. | 7/1/1913 | Your pardon darling, forgive me | Vernon Archibald ; Marie De Kyser | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2364 | 10-in. | 7/7/1913 | Sweet form that in my dreamy gaze | Albert Quesnel | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2881 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | Brindisi | Mary Carson | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3030 | 10-in. | May 1914 | Bolero | Clementine de Vere | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5473 | 10-in. | 3/26/1917 | Let us die | Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5512 | 10-in. | 4/18/1917 | Par toi, divine creature | Orphée Langevin ; Odette Le Fontenay | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5516 | 10-in. | 4/20/1917 | Pardonne, et ne sois pas fachée | Orphée Langevin ; Odette Le Fontenay | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5527 | 10-in. | 4/30/1917 | We strongly now will try together | Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5557 | 10-in. | 5/14/1917 | Two poor hapless lovers | Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5771 | 10-in. | 9/7/1917 | There are two things on earth below—day and the night | New York Light Opera Co. | Mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7130 | 10-in. | 1/25/1920 | Les cent vièrges | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1721F[o] | 10-in. | 1903 | Fantaisie | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 5981h | 10-in. | 1908 | Chanson du petit bossu | Alexis Boyer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 6495h | 10-in. | Oct. 1908 | Chanson à boire | Hector Dufranne | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7184o | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1907 | Marchande de marée | Anna Tariol-Baugé | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9416b | 10-in. | November 1906 | La figlia di Madama Angot | Banda Municipale di Milano | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 11142e | 10-in. | 12/31/1909 | Fille de Mme. Angot : Fantasia | Banda Militar de París | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 14097u | 10-in. | 11/25/1908 | Le leçon du chant | Anna Tariol-Baugé | Soprano vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 14098u | 10-in. | 11/25/1908 | Le petit duc | Anna Tariol-Baugé | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lecocq, Charles," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103749.
Lecocq, Charles. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103749.
"Lecocq, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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