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LAVIGNAC, Albert

Paris 1846 - Paris 1916

Alexandre Jean Albert Lavignac (Paris, January 21, 1846 - Paris,
May 28, 1916) was a French musician and pedagogue, known to them
His theoretical writings.
Lavignac studied with Antoine François Marmontel, François
Benoist and Ambroise Thomas at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he was then
Called repeater in 1871, professor of solfeo in 1875 and professor
Of harmony from 1891 to 1915. They include between their students Claude
Debussy, Vincent d'Indy, Philipp Jarnach, Gabriel Pierné, Amédée
Gastoué and Florent Schmitt.
In March 1864, at the age of eighteen, he played the harmonium part
From the Petite messe solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini at the time
Your first execution.
His main work La Música i els Músics (1895), a great look
Complete of the musical grammar, of its elementary rules and of the musical material, was studied much of
Time after his death. He mainly associates instruments with colors, instrumental formations with
Different types of pictures and, according to their interpretation, the characteristics of each tonality.