Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (French: [ɑ̃bʁwaz tɔma]; 5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868). Born into a musical family, Thomas was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning France's top music prize, the Prix de Rome. He pursued a career as a composer of operas, completing his first opera, La double échelle, in 1837. He wrote twenty further operas over the next decades, mostly comic, but he also treated more serious subjects, finding considerable success with audiences in France and abroad. Thomas was appointed as a professor at the Conservatoire in 1856, and in 1871 he succeeded Daniel Auber as director. Between then and his death at his home in Paris twenty-five years later, he modernised the Conservatoire's organisation while imposing a rigidly conservative curriculum, hostile to modern music, and attempting to prevent composers such as César Franck and Gabriel Fauré from influencing the students of the Conservatoire. Thomas' operas were generally neglected during most of the 20th century, but in more recent decades they have experienced something of a revival both in Europe and the US. |
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 331 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-14802 | 10-in. | 5/5/1914 | Knowest thou the land | Margaret Romaine | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-14823 | 12-in. | 5/13/1914 | Ballata d'Ofelia | Luisa Tetrazzini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15000 | 10-in. | 6/24/1914 | Gavotte | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-16045 | 12-in. | 5/24/1915 | Connais-tu le pays? | Geraldine Farrar ; Fritz Kreisler | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-16604 | 12-in. | 9/27/1915 | Polonaise | William Pickels | Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16640 | 10-in. | 10/11/1915 | Mignon overture | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-16641 | 12-in. | 10/11/1915 | Mignon overture | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16641 | 10-in. | 10/26/1915 | Mignon overture | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17816 | 12-in. | 6/7/1916 | Je suis Titania! | Mabel Garrison | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18720 | 10-in. | 11/17/1916 | Dorothy (Old English dance) | William H. Reitz | Xylophone solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20485 | 10-in. | 8/2/1917 | Addio, Mignon | Carlos Mejía | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21039 | 10-in. | 11/2/1917 | Variaciones sobre el andante de Raymond | Emilio Murillo | Flute solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-21207 | 12-in. | 11/26/1917 | Brass | Victor Orchestra | Instructional | composer | |
Victor | C-21223 | 12-in. | 12/4/1917 | Strings | Victor Orchestra | Instructional | composer | |
Victor | C-22615 | 12-in. | 3/7/1919 | Polonaise : I'm fair Titania | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-22615 | 12-in. | 12/12/1928 | Polonaise : Io son Titania | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-24110 | 12-in. | 5/13/1920 | Brindisi : O vin, discaccia la tristezza | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with piano, harp, and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27928 | 10-in. | 3/6/1923 | Mignon : Gavotte | Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-27931 | 12-in. | 5/8/1923 | Raymond : Overture | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27967 | 10-in. | 5/21/1923 | Mignon : Gavotte | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-29001 | 10-in. | 11/8/1923 | Elle ne croyait pas | Edward Johnson | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-30017 | 10-in. | 4/24/1924 | Connais-tu le pays? | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-30079 | 12-in. | 5/14/1924 | Ah! Non credevi tu | Tito Schipa | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-30080 | 12-in. | 5/14/1924 | Addio, Mignon! | Tito Schipa | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-34232 | 12-in. | 12/21/1925 | Hamlet : Mad scene | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thomas, Ambroise," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104369.
Thomas, Ambroise. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104369.
"Thomas, Ambroise." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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