Alexandre Clement Leon Joseph Luigini (March 9, 1850 – July 29, 1906) was a French composer. Luigini was born in Lyon, France. His grandparents had moved there from Modena, Italy, when his grandfather took up the post of trumpeter with the orchestra of the Grand-Theatre. Alexandre Luigini was brought up with music, his father also playing with, and later conducting, the orchestra of the Grand-Theatre. After studying at the Conservatoire in Paris, Alexandre returned to Lyon and spent a great deal of time playing as a violinist in the theatre orchestra, which he went on to lead, becom…
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