Oscar Stoumon (also spelled Stoumont) (20 August 1835 – 20 August 1900) was a

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composer, music critic, playwright and theatre director. Stoumon was born in

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. He composed music for ballets, taught at the

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and co-headed the

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with

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(1875–85 and 1889–1900). He died in

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.Lustner, Karl. Totenliste des Jahres 1900 die Musik betreffend. Monatshefte fur Musikgeschichte, 1901, p. 110.

Works

* ''Phœbé'', one-act

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(Brussels,

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, 19 January 1860) * ''Endymion'', one-act

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(Brussels, Monnaie, 21 April 1861) * ''La Ferme'', one-act

(Liège, 10 April 1862) * ''L'Orco'', two-act and three-scene opéra fantastique (Brussels, Monnaie, 8 January 1864) * ''La Reine des prairies'', two-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 24 November 1865) * ''La Fée amoureuse'', two-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 5 December 1867) * ''Les Fumeurs d'opium'', one-act

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(Brussels, Théâtre royal des Galeries, 9 January 1869) * ''Les Belles de nuit'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 16 March 1870) * ''La Sonate pathétique'', one-act comedy (Brussels, Monnaie, 7 November 1870) * ''Un fil à la patte'', one-act comedy (Brussels, Galeries, 11 April 1871) * ''Les Hannetons'', one-act opéra-bouffe (Brussels, Galeries, 22 April 1871) * ''Une grève'', three-act comedy (Brussels, Galeries, 30 September 1871) * ''Une nuit d'hiver'', one-act comedy (Brussels, Galeries, 23 March 1872) * ''L'Échéance'', three-act comedy (Brussels, Galeries, 25 January 1873) * ''Les Enfarinés'', one-act comedy (Brussels, Galeries, 17 January 1874) * ''La Moisson'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 29 January 1875) * ''La Nuit de Noël'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 14 October 1880) * ''Les Sorrentines'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 11 October 1882) * ''La Tzigane'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 27 March 1885) * ''Farfalla'', one-act ballet (Brussels, Monnaie, 14 November 1893)

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