A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Talexy, Adrien

by George Grove

TALEXY, Adrien. A pianist and voluminous composer, born about 1820; produced between 1872 and 1878 six one-act operettas at the Bouffes-Parisiens and other Paris theatres, none of which met with any special favour. He is the author of a 'Méthode de piano'; 20 'Etudes expressives,' op. 80 (with Colombier); and of a large number of salon and dance pieces for piano solo, some of which enjoyed great popularity in their day. In 1860 M. Talexy conducted a series of French operas at the St. James's Theatre, London, for Mr. F. B. Chatterton, beginning with La Tentation, May 28, which however did not prove a good speculation. He died at Paris in 1881.

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