Alexandre Goria
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2 Romances sans paroles, Op.46 Grandes études artistiques, Op.63A
Alice, Op.12C
Capriccio di Concert, Op.40Caprice-nocturne, Op.6F
Fantaisie brillante sur 'La dame blanche', Op.57Fantaisie de concert sur 'Les Mousquetaires de la Reine', Op.21G
Grande valse de concert, Op.80L
L'addio, Op.53L'Attente, Op.10Le papillon, Op.1L'Eleganza, Op.15L'Esperance, Op.18List of compositions by Alexandre GoriaM
Mazurka No.1, Op.5Mazurka No.2, Op.14Mélancolie, Op.30P
Prima-sera, Op.65R
Rêverie, Op.19Rigoletto, Op.94S
Saltarelle, Op.23Salut à la Grande-Bretagne, Op.44Sérénade du 'Barbier de Séville', Op.70Sérénade, Op.9Souvenir de Dieppe, Op.35Souvenir d'Il trovatore de Verdi, Op.79Souvenir du Théâtre Italien, Op.22Souvenirs d'Otello, Op.36É
Étude de concert No.1, Op.7Étude de concert No.2, Op.8WikipediaAlexandre Édouard Goria (21 January 1823 – 6 July 1860) was a French virtuoso pianist and composer recognised among amateurs enthusiasts for his numerous salon pieces of different styles, which enjoyed great success at their time.
Alexandre Goria was born in Paris and admitted as a student at the age of seven to the Conservatoire de Paris on 15 November 1830. He had for piano teachers Adolphe-Francois Laurent (1796–1867), teacher of
Jules Massenet, and Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman, teacher of
Charles-Valentin Alkan and Cesar Franck, following a course of harmony under the direction of
Victor Dourlen shortly thereafter.
In 1834, he won second prize in the competition of piano, being awarded the first prize the following year at the age of 12. He later became répétiteur of the classes of competition in the conservatory. His studies were completed in 1839. Since then he engaged in teaching and became known in the music world by many different kinds of pieces for the piano.
He was in very good terms with Bohemian composer
Carl Czerny when he lived in Vienna for some time, and was also a very close friend of the American composer
Louis Moreau Gottschalk who dedicated his composition
Le Bananier to him. Awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Charles III by the Queen of Spain, he died in Paris on 6 July 1860.
Goria wrote over a hundred works for piano, including studies, fantasias, whims, solo concerts, nocturnes of various themes, polkas, mazurkas, lullabies, ballads and "révêries". He was a highly acclaimed musician specially for his Étude de concert, Op. 7 and his brilliant fantasias for piano on many theatrical works such as Plaintes de la jeune fille and other transcriptions of lieders by
Franz Schubert and other composers.