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{{short description|Italian composer}}

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[[File:TRIO HUGUES.jpg|thumb|Anonymous Piedmontese 19th century, ''Trio Hugues'': (from left) [[Costantino Nigra]] – famous politician – Felice Hugues and Luigi Hugues.]]
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'''Luigi Hugues'''  (27 October 1836 – 5 March 1913) was an Italian academic [[geographer]] and accomplished amateur [[musician]]. He is best known today as a composer and arranger of virtuoso works for the [[flute]], and for his contributions to the teaching and history of geography.

Hughes was born in [[Casale Monferrato]], today in the [[Province of Alessandria]], [[Piedmont]]. He trained originally as an [[engineer]], and taught in various technical institutes before becoming a professor of geography within the Faculty of Letters at the [[University of Turin]] in 1897.

Luigi Hugues died in Casale Monferrato at the age of 76. ''Viale Luigi Hugues'', a street in [[Turin]], is named in his honour.

Although Hugues’ musical works are recognized for their instrumental virtuosity, they are not always taken entirely seriously. Flautist and teacher [[Fenwick Smith]] refers to their “brilliance and vacuity” and writes of the ''Grand Concert Fantasy on Verdi’s Ballo in Maschera'':
<blockquote>“With a flutist’s knowledge of the instrument, which permits him to conjure more notes per square inch than Verdi ever dreamed of, and with the Italians’ sure sense of drama, Hugues has concocted a paragon among potboilers.” <ref>{{cite web|title=RECITAL 1981—Program Notes for "A Romantic Musical Entertainment"|url=http://www.fenwicksmith.com/1981.html|author=Fenwick Smith|access-date=2007-03-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731005034/http://www.fenwicksmith.com/1981.html|archive-date=2012-07-31|url-status=usurped}}</ref></blockquote>

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==References==
* {{cite web|author=Paola Sereno|title=Luigi Hugues|publisher=Accademia delle Scienze di Torino|date=2005-07-15|url=http://www.torinoscienza.it/accademia/personaggi/apri?obj_id=555|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627125200/http://www.torinoscienza.it/accademia/personaggi/apri?obj_id=555|archivedate=2007-06-27}}
* '' "Contributo alla prima biografia di Pietro Eugenio Luigi Hugues '' (Casale Monferrato, 27 ottobre 1836-ivi, 5 marzo 1913)." ed. Comune di Casale Monferrato - A cura di Claudio Paradiso. Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), 2001; pp.&nbsp;366, 12 ill., cm 16x23

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