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Albert Lavignac (Paris 21 January 1846 – Paris, 28 May 1916) was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance

Lavignac studied with Antoine François Marmontel, François Benoist and Ambroise Thomas at the Conservatoire de Paris where later he taught harmony. Antoine François Marmontel ( July 16, 1816, Clermont-Ferrand – January 16, 1898, Paris) was a French (Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas ( Metz August 5, 1811 - Paris, February 12, 1896) was a French Opera The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe Among his pupils were Vincent d'Indy, Philipp Jarnach, Gabriel Pierné, Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué and Florent Schmitt. Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (March 27 1851 &ndash December 2 1931 was a French Composer and teacher Philipp Jarnach (b July 26, 1892, Noisy-le-Sec; d December 17, 1982, Börnsen) was considered in the 1920s to be one Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné ( Metz, 16 August 1863 &ndash Ploujean, Finistère, 17 July 1937 was a French Composer, conductor See also Florent Schmitt ( September 28 1870 – August 17 1958) was a French composer

In March 1864, at the age of eighteen, he conducted from the harmonium the private premiere of Gioacchino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. A harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ Gioachino Rossini 's Petite Messe Solennelle was written in 1863 "the last" the composer called it "of my pêchés de vieillesse "

His condensed work, La Musique et les Musiciens, an overview of musical grammar and materials, continued to be reprinted years after his death. In it he characterised the particular characteristics of instruments[1] and of each key, somewhat in the way Berlioz had done:

His more popularized works discussed the music dramas of Richard Wagner, summarised in Le Voyage artistique à Bayreuth. In Music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways B major is a Major scale based on B with the pitches B, C{{music|sharp}}, D{{music|sharp}}, E, F{{music|sharp}}, Also see E minor, or E-flat major. E major is a Major scale based on E with the pitches E, A major (or the key of A) is a Major scale based on A with the pitches A, B, C{{music|sharp}}, D, E, Also see D minor, or D-flat major. D major (or the key of D) is a Major scale based on D G major (or the key of G) is a Major scale based on G with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and See also C minor, C-sharp minor C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical Major scale based on C F major (or the key of F) is a Musical Major scale based on F consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B{{music|flat}} Also see B-flat minor, or B major. B major or B-flat major is a Major scale based on B-flat E major or E-flat major is a Major scale based on E-flat consisting of the pitches E{{music|flat}}, F, G, A{{music|flat}} Also see A-flat minor, or A major. A major or A-flat major is a Major scale based on A-flat Also see D-flat minor, or D major. D-flat major is a Major scale based on D-flat consisting of the G-flat major is a Major scale based on G-flat consisting of the pitches G{{music|flat}}, A{{music|flat}}, B{{music|flat}}, C{{music|flat}} G-sharp minor is a Minor scale based on G{{music|sharp}}, consisting of the pitches G A{{music|sharp}}, B, C{{music|sharp}}, C minor or C-sharp minor is a Minor scale based on C with the pitches C{{music|sharp}}, D{{music|sharp}}, E, F{{music|sharp}} F-sharp minor is a Minor scale based on F-sharp consisting of the pitches F{{music|sharp}}, G{{music|sharp}}, A, B, C{{music|sharp}} B minor is a Minor scale based on B consisting of the pitches B, C{{music|sharp}}, D, E, F{{music|sharp}}, G Also see E major, or E-flat minor. E minor (Em Mim is a musical Minor scale based on the note E consisting A minor (abbreviated Am) is a Minor scale based on A consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, Also see D major, or D-flat minor. D minor is a Minor scale based on D consisting of the pitches Also see G major, or G-sharp minor. G minor is a Minor scale based on G consisting of the pitches G Also see C major, or C-sharp minor. C minor (abbreviated c or cm) is a Minor scale based Also see F major, or F-sharp minor. F minor is a Minor scale based on F consisting of the pitches F, B or B-flat minor is a Minor scale based on B-flat consisting of the pitches B{{music|flat}}, C, D{{music|flat}}, E{{music|flat}} Also see E-flat major, or E minor. E minor or E-flat minor is a Minor scale based on E-flat consisting

Selected works

Lavignac edited the compendious Encyclopédie de la Musique.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "The timbre of the trombone is in its nature majestic and imposing. It is sufficiently powerful to dominate a whole orchestra and produces an impression of superhuman power . . . it con become terrible . . . or mournful and full of dismay: or it may have the serenity of the organ . . . It is a superb instrument of lofty dramatic power, which should be reserved for great occasions. "

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