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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.5 L-m, 1900
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1Frank H. Nelson), was produced at Boston in 1881. H. C. (ii), adds.
2See also National Anthems (Canada).
3Lavater, Johann Caspar. See Reger (2 chorales).
4Lavedan, Henri. See Bruneau ('Kérin', lib.).
5Saint-Saëns ('Assassinat du Duc de Guise', incid. m.).
6LAVENU. English 18th–19th-century family of music publishers and musicians.
7(1) Lewis Lavenu (b. ?; d. ?), flautist and music publisher. He was in business in 1796 at 23 Duke Street, St. James's, London. About Nov. 1798 he had removed to 29 New Bond Street, about 1805–11 the firm (which had become Lavenu & Mitchell in 1802) was at 26 New Bond Street and in 1811–19 at 28 New Bond Street, the partnership with Mitchell having ceased in 1808.
8(2) Elizabeth Lavenu (b. ?; d. ?), widow of the preceding. She succeeded to the business at 28 New Bond Street in 1819, with premises at 24 Edwards Street, Manchester Square, from about 1821 to 1827. She was succeeded about 1828 by Mori & Lavenu at 28 New Bond Street, having married the violinist Nicholas Mori as her second husband.
9The Lavenu family issued great quantities of sheet music, vocal and instrumental, almost always printed on coarse, blue-tinged paper.
10F. K., rev. W. C. s.
11(3) Louis Henry Lavenu (b. London, 1818; d. Sydney, N.S.W., 1 Aug. 1859), composer, violoncellist, music seller and publisher, son of the preceding. He was a student at the R.A.M. in London, where he studied composition under Bochsa and Potter. Before leaving the Academy he was engaged as cellist at the Opera and the Westminster Abbey Festival of 1834. He was also in business as a music seller at 28 New Bond Street, in succession to Mori & Lavenu, after the death of his stepfather, Nicholas Mori, in 1839, until 1844. During that time he published a few songs and short pianoforte pieces composed by himself. His operetta, 'Loretta, a Tale of Seville', with a libretto by Alfred Bunn, was produced at Drury Lane Theatre on 9 Nov. 1846, with success. Dissatisfied with his position, Lavenu emigrated to Australia and obtained the post of director of the music at the theatre of Sydney.
12W. H. W., rev. W. C. s.
13LAVERGNE, ? (b. ?; d. ?).
14French 17th–18th-century composer. He is known only by the printed score of an opera, 'La Princesse d'Élide' (lib. by P. C. Roy, after Molière), of which the only known copy is in the B.M. It was published by Ballard in 1706 and is probably the only instance among the very many operas issued by that firm of which no production can be traced. Nor is the composer (whose Christian name is not given) known by any other work. According to Quérard, Roy's libretto was published in the same year as the score, but no copy of it is known.
15A. L.
16LAVIGNAC, (Alexandre Jean) Albert (b. Paris, 21 Jan. 1846; d. Paris, 28 May 1916).
17French musicologist and educationist. He was a student at the Paris Conservatoire, carrying off the first prize for solfège in 1857, the first for pianoforte in 1861, the first for harmony and accompaniment in 1863, the first for counterpoint and fugue in 1864 and the second for organ in 1865. He was appointed assistant professor of solfège in 1871, professor in 1875 and professor of harmony in 1891. In 1915 he became honorary professor. His 'Cours complet théorique et pratique de dictée musicale' (1881) suggested to most French conservatories and schools the practical value of musical dictation.
18In 1902 Lavignac formed the scheme for his great work, 'Encyclopédie de la musique et Dictionnaire du Conservatoire', which started publication on 30 May 1913 and which he edited until his death. He was succeeded by Lionel de La Laurencie.
19Further literary works by Lavignac are the following:
20'Cinquante Leçons d'harmonie.'
218 vols. of 'Solfèges'.
22'L'Éducation musicale' (1902).
23'Notions scolaires de musique', 2 vols. (1905, 1906).
24'Théorie complète des principes fondamentaux de la musique moderne' (1909).
25'Cours d'harmonie pratique' (1909).
26'Solfège des solfèges', 33 vols., Danhauser-Lemoine, additions by Lavignac.
27'L'École de la pédale' (1889).
28'La Musique et les musiciens.'
29'Le Voyage artistique à Bayreuth' (Paris, 1895, 1897, Lng. trans. by Esther Singleton as 'The Music Drama of Richard Wagner', London, 1898).
30'Les Gaietés du Conservatoire' (1899).
31G. F. & M. L. P.
32LAVIGUEUR, Célestin (b. Quebec, 19 Jan. 1830; d. Lowell, Mass., 11 Dec. 1885).
33Canadian violinist, teacher and composer. He studied with François Huot and taught much. His compositions include the famous song 'La Huronne', a 3-act operetta, 'La Fiancée des bois', 2 operas, 'Un Mariage improvisé' and 'Les Enfants du manoir', many solos for violin, and songs. L. R. (ii).
34LAVIN, Carlos (b. Santiago de Chile, 10 Aug. 1883).
35Chilean composer and musicologist. After taking a general degree at the Instituto Nacional in Santiago, the Chilean government sent him, in 1922, to Europe to study composition and musicology. This he did first in Paris with André Caplet and Roger Pénaud, and at the Sorbonne with Octave Maus, and later at the Berlin University with Erich von Hornbostel. He then (1931) set out to travel all over Europe and the Mediterranean countries making musicological investigations and corresponding for several papers including 'El Mercurio' of Santiago and the 'Revue
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