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Ruggiero Leoncavallo

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Aprile (1)
C'e nel tuo sguardo (1)
Canzone d'amore (1)
Canzonetta die stile antico (1)
Chatterton (1)
Declaration (1)
Die Medici (1)
Donna, vorrei morir (1)
Flirt-Waltzer (Valse passionnee) (1)
Hymne a la Lyre (1)
I Pagliacci (22)
Invocation a la Muse (1)
L'addio (1)
La Boheme (7)
La chanson des yeux (1)
La nuit de mai (1)
Lasciati amar (2)
Les deux serenades (1)
Mandolinata (1)
Mattinata (arr. for cornet and brass band) (1)
Mattinata (24)
Ne m'oubliez pas (1)
Nuit de decembre (1)
Pagliacci (highlights) (2)
Pagliacci (highlights in German) (1)
Pagliacci (85)
» Finale
Papillon (1)
Pensiero (1)
Qu a jamais le soleil (1)
Qual fiamma... Stridono lassù... (1)
Reverie in F major (Au bord du lac) (1)
Romance in A minor (1)
Se... (1)
Serenata francese (1)
Sussurrano le mille aure del bosco (1)
Vieni amor mio (2)
Zaza (4)
Zingari (2)

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer. His two-act work Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the repertory.

Leoncavallo was the librettist for most of his own operas. Many considered him the greatest Italian librettist of his time after Boito. Among Leoncavallo's libretti for other composers is his contribution to the libretto for Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

Leoncavallo also composed songs, most famously Mattinata, which he wrote for the Gramophone Company (which became HMV) with Caruso's unique voice in mind. On 8 April 1904, Leoncavallo accompanied Caruso at the piano as they recorded the song. On 8 December 1905 he recorded five of his own pieces for the reproducing piano Welte-Mignon.

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