Francis Thomé (18 October 1850 – 16 November 1909), was a French pianist and composer.
He was born in
Port Louis
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,
Mauritius
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, and studied 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 ...
with
Jules Duprato
Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (20 August 1827 – 20 May 1892) was a 19th-century French composer.Wagstaff 1992.
Biography
A student of Aimé Leborne at the Conservatoire de Paris, he won first prix de Rome, grand prix de Rome for musical c ...
and
Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (; 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 ...
. After leaving the Conservatoire, he became well known as a composer of
salon
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Common meanings
* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
* Salon (P ...
pieces and was in demand as a
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
and teacher. His music was particularly successful in the French provinces, and two of his
operas were first performed outside Paris. He became popular towards the end of the 19th century as a composer of accompanied poems, but is also known for his stage works, which encompassed various genres, including
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
,
pantomime
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, incidental music (for a wide range of plays), bluettes, and
operettas
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, such as ''Le Baron Frick'' (1885), the latter collaboration with
Ernest Guiraud
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*Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
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,
Georges Pfeiffer
Georges Jean Pfeiffer (12 December 1835 – 14 February 1908) was a French composer, pianist, and music critic. He was a much sought-after chamber music partner in the second half of the nineteenth century in Paris.
Life
Pfeiffer was born in Ver ...
, and
Victorin de Joncières
Félix-Ludger Rossignol, known as Victorin de Joncières (12 April 1839 – 26 October 1903), was a French composer and music critic.Wright LA. "Victorin de Joncières". In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London & New York, 19 ...
.
References
Sources
* Article by David Charlton in the ''
New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992). and
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1850 births
1909 deaths
19th-century classical composers
19th-century French composers
19th-century French male musicians
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French classical composers
French male classical composers
French opera composers
Male opera composers
Mauritian emigrants to France
People from Port Louis District
Pupils of Antoine François Marmontel
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