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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.5 L-m, 1900
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1A few years later he quitted the musical for the theatrical profession and performed the principal genteel comedy parts at the theatres of Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, etc. In 1818 he was appointed leader of the Liverpool concerts vice Janiewicz, and at the end of 1820 returned to London and was engaged as leader of the ballet at the King's Theatre.
3Lacy adapted to the English stage both words and music of several popular operas; his adaptations display great skill, although gross liberties were frequently taken with the original pieces, which can only be excused by the taste of the time. Among them are 'The Turkish Lovers' from Rossini's 'Turco in Italia', 1827; 'Love in Wrinkles' from Fétis's 'La Vieille', 1828; 'The Casket', music from Mozart, 1829; 'The Maid of Judah' from Scott's 'Ivanhoe', the music from Rossini's 'Semiramide', 1829; 'Cinderella', the music from Rossini's 'Cenerentola'; 'Fra Diavolo', 1831; 'Robert le Diable', under the title of 'The Fiend Father', 1832; 'The Coiners' from Auber's 'Le Serment', 1833.
5In 1833 he produced an oratorio entitled 'The Israelites in Egypt', a pasticcio from Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto' and Handel's 'Israel in Egypt', which was performed with scenery, dresses and personation. He rendered great assistance to Schoelcher in collecting the material for his 'Life of Handel'.
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9ŁADA, Janina (b. Warsaw, 1876; d. Zakopane, 30 Mar. 1947).
10Polish pianist. She studied at the Cracow Conservatory with Domaniewski and later with Leschetizky in Vienna. In 1919-22 she gave many pianoforte recitals in Poland, Germany and Austria. She also taught the pianoforte at the Cracow Conservatory. Later she settled at Zakopane, where she remained until her death.
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13ŁADA, Kazimierz (actually Ładowski) (b. Kaliskie, ?; d. Włocławek, 1872).
14Polish violinist and composer. He was taught first by his elder brother Maciej and later by Collet in Paris. From 1840 onwards he toured all over Europe. His numerous compositions, now forgotten, include a 'Kujawiak' in D major, 'Cygan' ('The Gypsy') and many other concert pieces of a virtuoso character. He also published in Warsaw a 'History of Music' in 1861.
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17LADMIRAULT, Paul (Émile) (b. Nantes, 8 Dec. 1877; d. Saint-Nazaire, 30 Oct. 1944).
18French composer. He showed great musical gifts from childhood and in 1884 began to play the pianoforte. Later he also took violin, organ and harmony lessons, and he began to compose at the age of eight. An opera, 'Gilles de Retz', for which his mother had written the libretto, was produced at Nantes on 18 May 1893, but never repeated or published. He studied first at the Conservatory of his native town, but in 1895 entered the Paris Conservatoire, where after a year's military service in 1899 he finished his studies under Gédalge and Fauré. But he left after three vain attempts to obtain the Prix de Rome.
20Ladmirault's works were soon taken up, mainly by the Société Nationale de Musique, including the 'Suite bretonne' in 1904 and the symphonic prelude 'Brocéliande au matin', which was repeated at the Colonne concert of 28 Nov. 1909. Both were extracts from a second opera, 'Myrdhin', which was never performed. In 1926 the ballet 'La Prêtresse de Korydwen' was produced at the Paris Opéra and in 1929 he wrote incidental music for 'Tristan et Iseult'. But he never settled in Paris, and became professor of harmony at the Nantes Conservatory. During the second world war Ladmirault, with his wife, was isolated in the "pocket" of Saint-Nazaire and surrounded by U.S.A. gunfire concentrated on the enemy's desperate last stand.
22Ladmirault is one of the "regional composers" of whom the French school of his time produced several; he resembles Séverac in this respect, but while the latter represents southern France, he stands for Brittany and sometimes for the Celtic spirit in a wider sense. For this reason, perhaps, his music never became widely known, but it deserves attention for its refined and poetical qualities, as well as for the Breton accents which give much of it a special character.
24The following is a list of Ladmirault's chief compositions (some unpublished):
26STAGE WORKS
27'Gilles de Retz', opera in 3 acts (Louise Ladmirault) (1892-93).
28'Myrdhin', opera in 4 acts (L. Ladmirault & Albert Fleury) (1899-1902).
29'La Prêtresse de Korydwen', ballet (1926).
30'Tristan et Iseult', incidental music (1929).
32CHURCH MUSIC
33'Offertoire' for stg. 4tet & organ (1893).
34'Ave Maria' for voice & organ (1893).
35'Tota pulchra es' for voice, stg. 4tet & organ (1899).
36'Tantum ergo' for tenor, chorus, organ, harp, violin & double bass (1904).
37'Messe brève' for chorus & organ (1937).
39CHORAL WORKS
40'Printemps' (Alfred Gauche) for women's voices & pf. (1902).
41'Dominical' (Max Elskamp) for S.A.T.B. & pf. (1911).
43ORCHESTRAL WORKS
44'Suite bretonne' (1902-3)
451. Ronde.
462. Pantomime.
473. Scherzo.
484. Chant populaire.
495. Danse de l'épée.
50Symphonic prelude 'Brocéliande au matin' (1905).
51Symphony, C ma. (1910).
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