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André Alphonse Toussaint Wormser (1 November 1851 – 4 November 1926) was a French Romantic
André Wormser : Romance sans paroles, #4 from '6 Pieces Pittoresques' from YouTube
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André Alphonse Toussaint Wormser (1 November 1851 – 4 November 1926) was a French Romantic composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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Life and career
André Wormser was born in Paris and studied withAntoine Marmontel
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and François Bazin at the Paris Conservatoire
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
. As a very wealthy man, Wormser was able to afford a membership in the social club ''Cercle artistique et littéraire''.
In 1872 Wormser won the Premier Prix in piano at the Paris Conservatoire, and in 1875 he won the Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
for his cantata ''Clytemnestre''. He is best known for the pantomime ''L'Enfant prodigue'' (1890), which was revived at the Booth Theater
The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theater at 222 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1913, the theater was designed by Henry Beaumont Herts in the Italian Renaissance ...
in New York in 1916 as the three-act play ''Perroit the Prodigal''. He died in Paris.
Notable students include Charles Malherbe
Charles Théodore Malherbe (21 April 1853 – 5 October 1911) was a French violinist, musicologist, composer and music editor.
Life and career
Malherbe was born in Paris, son of Pierre Joseph Malherbe (1819–1890) and Zoé Caroline Mozin (1832â ...
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Works
''Portrait of André Wormser'' by Albert Besnard (1877). Wormser composed choral and orchestra music, opera and works for solo instrument and voice. Selected works include: *'' L'Étoile'', Ballet-pantomime en deux actes (31 May 1897, chor. Joseph Hansen, Paris Opera) *''Ballada for Oboe and Piano'' (1909) *''Clytemnestre'', cantata (1897) *''L'Enfant prodigue'', pantomime (1916) *''Rêverie (Gypsy Suite)'' for violin and piano *''Adèle de Ponthieu'', opera (1887) *''Rivoli'', opera (1896)References
External links
* * *André Wormser : Romance sans paroles, #4 from '6 Pieces Pittoresques' from YouTube
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