Sylvio Lazzari

Sylvio Lazzari (born Josef Fortunat Silvester Lazzari)cite web|title=Biography of Lazzari|publisher=Naxos Records|url=http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio20208.htm|accessdate=2007-12-14] (Bolzano, Austria December 301857– Suresnes, June 10 1944) was a French composer of Austrian origin.

Lazzari came to Paris in 1882 after studying law in Austria. At the Paris Conservatory, he studied under Ernest Guiraud and Charles Gounod. Encouraged by Ernest Chausson and Cesar Franck, Lazzari settled permanently in France and obtained French citizenship in 1896. He held several official positions in Paris, including president of the Wagner Society (from 1894) and choirmaster at the Opera de Monte-Carlo.

Lazzari's use of cyclic structures was indebted to Franck; he was also heavily influenced by Richard Wagner (especially in his operas) and the impressionists.

Works

;InstrumentalVarious pieces for piano, violin and piano, trios, string quartets, an octet, orchestral and symphonic works, symphony in E-flat (1907), piano concerto, violin concerto, others

;Vocal
*More than 50 songs

;Operas:
*"Armor" (1896)
*"La Lépreuse" (composed 1899, premiered 1912)
*"Le Sauteriot" (1918)
*"La Tour de feu" (1928)

References

*Don Randel, "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". Harvard, 1996, p. 489.