Charles Martin Loeffler

"The Luncheon of the Boating Party" (1881), oil on canvas, 129.5 x 172.7 cm, of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, contemporary of Loeffler (The Phillips Collection, Washington)

(1861-1935)

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Charles Martin (Tornow) Loeffler, who wrote music for orchestra, chamber and vocal music, was born in Mulhouse on the 30th Jenuary 1861, the same year of the composers Arensky, Arroyo, Averkamp, Blon, Bossi, Bréville, Caryll, Gastaldon, Gerlach, Jones, Lazarus, Lorenzi-Fabris, Meyer-Helmund, Missa, Raimann, Samaras, Savard, Suk, Thuille. Died in Mefield (Massachusetts) on the 19th May 1935

OPERE

"The Passion of Hilarion" has been represented in 1913

"Les Amants jaloux" has been represented in 1918

"The Peony Lantern" has been performed in carnival 1919

LIEDER

"Adieu pour jamais", op. 10 n. 3, published in 1903, text of Gustav Kahn (1859-1936)

"Beat! Beat! Drums!" (Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow), published in 1932, text of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

"Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"Les paons", op. 10 n. 4, published in 1903, text of Gustav Kahn (1859-1936)

"La cloche fêlée", text of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

"Sérénade", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"Le rossignol", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"Harmonie du soir", text of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

"La lune blanche", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"Chanson des Ingénues" (Nous sommes les Ingénues), text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"Dansons la gigue!", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

"À une femme", text of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

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