Aimé Maillart

Louis-Aimé Maillart (24 March 1817 – 26 May 1871) was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars.

Biography Maillart was born in Montpellier. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1833, learning composition from Aimé-Ambroise-Simon Leborne and Fromental Halévy, and violin from Guérin. There followed five more operas between then and 1864, all first performed in Paris. it was also given in Germany under the title Das Glöckchen des Eremiten. Lara was based on a poem of the same name by Lord Byron.

Maiilart died in Moulins, Allier in the Auvergne region of France at the age of 54, and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians says of him, "Maillart’s music is characterized by graceful melodies, a colourful, theatrical style and skilful instrumentation".

Operas Lionel Foscara (cantata for the Prix de Rome) (1841) Gastibelza ou le Fou de Tolède (l'homme à la carbine) opera in three acts (1847) Le moulin des tilleuls one-act opera (1849) Les dragons de Villars opéra comique (1856) Les pêcheurs de Catane poème lyrique (1860) Lara (1864)

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