Works by Luigi Hugues
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:03 pm
Luigi Hugues was a remarkable 19th C. Italian figure. He was a major flute soloist, flute teacher and prolific composer of Romantic works for the flute (including several concertos.) He was also a world-renowned geographer with an extraordinary number of books and articles on the subject.
Only one of his musical works (his Flute Concerto, Op 56) is represented on IMSLP (but even that work has no orchestral score on IMSLP, just a piano reduction.) More than 100 of his works were published, most of them by Ricordi. Virtually all of these works can be found today in Italian libraries.
Hugues died in 1913 -- so all of the works published in his lifetime are PD both in Italy and in the US.
I, for one, would be interested in any and all of his works -- but just to name one (or two): how about his Sonata fantastica (for flute and piano).
Or his Polonaise di Concerto, for flute and piano.
The orchestral scores to his flute concertos would be especially valuable.
MS
Only one of his musical works (his Flute Concerto, Op 56) is represented on IMSLP (but even that work has no orchestral score on IMSLP, just a piano reduction.) More than 100 of his works were published, most of them by Ricordi. Virtually all of these works can be found today in Italian libraries.
Hugues died in 1913 -- so all of the works published in his lifetime are PD both in Italy and in the US.
I, for one, would be interested in any and all of his works -- but just to name one (or two): how about his Sonata fantastica (for flute and piano).
Or his Polonaise di Concerto, for flute and piano.
The orchestral scores to his flute concertos would be especially valuable.
MS