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CLEMENT PHILIBERT LEO DELIBES

21stFebruary 1836 --- 16thJanuary 1891

Clement Philibert Leo Delibes born 1836 St. Germain-du-val and died in 1891 Paris French Educated at the Paris Conservatoire
where Adam was amoung his teachers. He made his debut at the age of 19 with an operetta but later specialized in composing
ballets. In 1860 he became professor of the Paris Conservatoire and was in 1870 that he achieved his greatest success with an
infectiously  happy  and melodious,  and elegantly  scored,  ballet Coppelia.  This popular  work,  together with  Delibes's other
brilliant ballet,  Sylvia,  gave new  life to this  form of art.  Delibes also wrote operas  and other stage works,  and a  number of
charming songs.

I like to thank George Pollen for the biography above and the donated music below.

Delibes was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where he achieved no particular distinction. His first major triumph came with
the ballet Coppelia, based on  a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann and  was staged at the Opera in 1870.  He excelled as a composer of
operetta,  his career culminating in  equally successful operas  of a more  serious kind.  Leo Delibes Works   Delibes won early
success with Coppelia and its Hoffmann story of old Dr. Coppelius and his doll Coppelia, who seems to come to life.

He followed this in 1876 with Sylvia, set in pagan Greece. The 1866 ballet La Source had given Delibes an earlier opportunity
in collaboration with the established composer Minkus.  In 1882 Delibes  wrote a set of pastiche ancient  airs and  dances for
Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse, later to provide a subject for Verdi opera Rigoletto. His opera Lakmé, dealing with the love
of a British  officer  and the daughter of a  Brahmin priest in mid-19th century India,  provides the well  known Bell  Song for
ambitious coloratura  sopranos.  The Flower Duet,  popularised by  its recent commercial use,  remains singularly  attractive.
Delibes's last opera, Kassya, was orchestrated by Massenet after the composer's death.

More biography info on Delibes above was kindly sent in by Jay Tosh.

Last Updated on 2023
By Steven Ritchie

And now for the Music

New (4119)"Waltz from the Ballet Naila". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3941)"Scarf Dance from a Ballet". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3051)"Piano selection from Coppelia Ballet". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3055)"The Bell Song from Lakme". Sequenced by Chart Chai Mee Sang Nin.

Thanks to George Pollen for the music below. A link for his site on my Bookmark page.

(3052)"Mazurka, (Coppelia Ballet)". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2700)"Le Roi s'amuse 1. Gaillarde". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2701)"Le Roi s'amuse 2. Pavane". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2703)"Le Roi s'amuse 3. Scene du Bouquet". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2704)"Le Roi s'amuse 4. Lesquercarde". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2705)"Le Roi s'amuse 5. Madrigal". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(2706)"Le Roi s'amuse 6. Passepied". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(980)"Flower Duet, From Lakme". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(860)"Prelude and Les Chasseresses, Mov.1, (Sylvia Ballet Suite)". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(861)"Divertissement, Mov.2, Pizzicato (Sylvia Ballet)". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(866)"Valse Lente, Mov.3, (Sylvia Ballet)". Sequenced by George Pollen.

(867)"March & Cortege de Bacchus, Mov.4, (Sylvia Ballet)". Sequenced by George Pollen.

Thanks to B.S. Lengton the music below. Email (mb.lengton@12move.nl)

(2670)"La valse, a waltz with themes from his opera's". Sequenced by B.S. Lengton.

New (3054)"Fantaisie". Sequencer Unknown.

New (3053)"Flower Duet from Lakme". Sequencer Unknown.

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