Thomas, Ambroise

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French composer, 19th century.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1858 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448541

From the description of Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unknown correspondent, 1883 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560725

From the description of Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1878 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566400

Thomas, French opera composer.

From the description of [Letter] 1885 mars 10 / Ambroise Thomas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 437431514

French composer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 31 October 1881, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677654

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 3 February 1891, to an unidentified recipient, 1891 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677662

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 2 February 1884, to an unidentified recipient, 1884 Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677657

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 3 August 1871, to Martinet, 1871 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677651

From the description of Autograph note signed on his visiting card, dated : [Paris], 11 January 1889, to an unidentified colleague, 1889 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677660

From the description of "(Le guérillero Entr'acte)" : autograph manuscript, 1843 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569995

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 28 April 1867, to M. [Eugène] Labiche, 1867 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677646

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Arthur Sullivan, 1879 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125296

From the description of Romance. No. 4 (acte 1r). [1866?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569999

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1862-70?], to [Emile] Perrin, [n.d., 1862-1870?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873825

From the opéra comique in 3 acts with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister Lehrjahre. Composed 1865. First performance Salle Favart, Opéra-Comique, Paris, 17 November 1866. For the original orchestration of the gavotte see callno.: 4365. For the overture to the opera see callno.: 215.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Gavotte : from Mignon / A. Thomas ; arr. by Cedric Sharpe. [ca. 1932] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56052926

Ambroise Thomas, French composer.

Opera, with libretto by Joseph-Bernard Rosier and Adolphe de Leuven. First performed 1850; revised version performed 1886.

From the description of [Revisions for Songe d'une nuit d'été]. [circa 1886] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775793306

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creatorOf Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Letter signed on the stationery of the Comité de l'Association des Artistes Musiciens, dated : Paris, 24 October 1852, to Mme Emmanuel Gonzalès, 1852 Oct. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 31 October 1881, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Oct. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Manuscrit et études de Mignon : manuscript, [1865-1866] Houghton Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Rare libretto collection. Roll 10, 307-334, Thomas - Wagner [microform] / Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Juilliard School. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rabut, Eléonore. Autograph letter signed R. Fechter : [London, n.d., 1877?], to [Joseph Bennett?], [n.d., 1877?]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Hauk, Minnie, 1851-1929. Autograph letters signed (10, one incomplete) : London, Lucerne, Gibralter, Basel, Leipzig, and Shanghai, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1879-[1906], 1894 May 23 and 1879 Nov. 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Le caïd [collection] : opéra bouffe en deux actes / paroles de M.T. Sauvage ; musique de Amb. Thomas. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Gavotte : from Mignon / A. Thomas ; arr. by Cedric Sharpe. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Maier, Annmarie. [Central State University Music Department presents Annmarie Maier, alto, and Ruth Cherry, accompanist, in recital] [sound recording] : [Sunday, Dec. 5, 1976, 3:00 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall]. University of Central Oklahoma, Chambers Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Le songe d'une nuit d'été [collection] : opéra comique en trois actes / poeme de Rosier et de Leuven ; musique de Ambroise Thomas. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Golden Family Collection, 1795-1996 Working Men's Institute of New Harmony, Indiana
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon cadenza. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
creatorOf Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935. [Cadenza to duet in Mignon]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Marchesi, Salvatore, 1822-1908. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 25 November 1903, to an unidentified friend, 1903 Nov. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sujet d'Ambroise Thomas. Northwestern University
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Offertoire / Ambroise Thomas. Northwestern University
referencedIn Santley, Charles, Sir, 1834-1922,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Santley to E.H. Lonsdale Deighton [manuscript], 1910 October 10. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Germain-en-Laye Oct. 6 1889, to [Ambroise Thomas?], 1889 Oct. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise 1811-1896. El tyrol [Música notada] : escena coral música de Ambrosio Thomas ; poesía traducida al castellano por Franco. Asenjo Barbieri. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid
referencedIn The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Vény, Jenny,. Autograph album : manuscript, 1841-1880. Houghton Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 2 February 1884, to an unidentified recipient, 1884 Feb. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Fragment from the overture to Mignon : Arr. for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon Harvard Musical Association
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 3 February 1891, to an unidentified recipient, 1891 Feb. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Letter signed by Baron Taylor, Ambroise Thomas, [Jean-Georges] Kastner, [Daniel-Franc̦ois-Esprit] Auber, Berlioz, and H[enri] Reber, on the letterhead of the Association des Artistes Musiciens, dated : Paris, to M. Boué, 1859 Nov. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1878 Oct. 17. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990 Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 28 April 1867, to M. [Eugène] Labiche, 1867 Apr. 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Heugel (Firm). Contract : between Ambroise Thomas, Jules Barbier (representing Michel Carré) and Heugel & Cie. : manuscript, 1876 June 15. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Arthur Sullivan, 1879 Feb. 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. [Unidentified music fragment] / Ambroise Thomas. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Vložka k op. "Mignon" [manuscript] : kč. 10 . Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Pygmalion and Galatea [collection] : opera in three acts / libretto founded on W.S. Gilbert's comedy by Oscar Weil ; music by Ambroise Thomas. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 3 August 1871, to Martinet, 1871 Aug. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Choisy-au-Bac, 25 October [1888?], Brussels, [n.d.], and [n.p., n.d.], apparently to the same unidentified recipient, 1888? Oct. 25 and [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. [Revisions for Songe d'une nuit d'été]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Fantaisie sur un air scottais : composé pour le piano / par Ambroise Thomas. Northwestern University
referencedIn Sasse, Marie, 1834-1907. Autograph letter signed, dated : Brussels, 7 April 1897, to an unidentified director, 1897 Apr. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896,. Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Thomas to unidentified recipient, 1874 March 23. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896,. Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Thomas to M. Vizentini, 1870 January 15. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Luster, Teresa. [Teresa Luster, soprano, and Jim Henline, baritone, in recital] [sound recording] : [Monday, April 20, 1970 / assisted by Carol Carson and David Sisson at the piano]. University of Central Oklahoma, Chambers Library
creatorOf Carafa, Michele, 1787-1872. Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], 9 November [n.y.] to Ambroise Thomas, [n.y.] Nov. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon : for double brass quartet and clarinet choir / Thomas ; arr. by Lucien Cailliet. Illinois Virtual Catalog
referencedIn Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Autograph letters signed (25) and autograph postal card signed, dated : Paris, Milan [and other places, and n.p.], 1868-1892 [and n.d.], to Armand Gouzien, 1868-1892 [and n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Fragment from the overture to Mignon : Arr. for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon Harvard Musical Association
creatorOf Betjemann, Gilbert H., 1840-1921. Property and scene plots prepared by G.H. Betjemann [manuscript], ca. 1875-ca. 1900. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn M'Guckin, Barton, 1852-1917. Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1882-1895, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1882-1895. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Romance. No. 4 (acte 1r). Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Suites concertante sur Mignon / opera du Ambrois Thomas. Library of Congress
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Pygmalion and Galatea : opera in 3 acts / Ambroise Thomas ; [libretto founded on W.S. Gilbert's comedy by Oscar Weil]. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Giraldoni, Eugenio, 1871-1924. Autograph letter signed, dated : Florence, 5 October 1921, to an unidentified recipient, 1921 Oct. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn Edwin Franko Goldman Autograph Collection, ca. 1770-1954, 1850s-1940s Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Schreker, Franz, 1878-1934. Rare libretto collection. Roll 9, 280-306, Schreker - Thomas [microform] / Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Juilliard School. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1858 Aug. 12. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Papiers. NAF 16932-17152., XIXe s. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits
creatorOf Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Autograph letter signed, dated : Saint-Cloud, 8 July 1875, to [Ambroise Thomas?], 1875 July 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. [Mignon / [music by] Ambroise Thomas ; [libretto by] Michel Carré and Jules Barbier. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Autograph letters signed (4), dated : Choisy-au-Bac, St. Nectaire-le-Haut, and Alpnach (Lake Lucerene, 24 September [1888] and [n.d., 1888-1890?], to [Henri Heugel], 1888 Sept. 24 [and 1888-1890?]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Burns, Jodi, 1983-. An evening at the opera [sound recording] University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Semans Library
referencedIn Franck, César, 1822-1890. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1870-1890?], to [Jules?] Garcin, [n.d., 1870-1890?]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. "(Le guérillero Entr'acte)" : autograph manuscript, 1843 Sept. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unknown correspondent, 1883 Sept. 25. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Mignon [collection] : opera in three acts / original French libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier ; music by Ambroise Thomas. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph). Mignom / by Ambroise Thomas, March 7, 1975 - program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1862-70?], to [Emile] Perrin, [n.d., 1862-1870?]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. [Letter] 1885 mars 10 / Ambroise Thomas. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Hauk, Minnie, 1851-1929,. Autograph letter signed from Minnie Hauk, Naples, to Mr. Paul [manuscript], ca. 1880 March 16. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Russell, Henry, 1812-1900. The Richmond blues ; The troubadour ; Cadets quick step ; A life on the ocean wave ; Flow gently sweet Afton ; The lament of the Irish immigrant / words by Mrs. Price Blackwood ; music by William R. Dempster ; The rosa waltz ; The Corinthian waltz ; La Cracovienne ; The carrier pigeon ; Queen Mary's escape from Lochleven Castle ; The favoured guest ; Natchez on the hill ; The Indian chief's march ; General Gates march ; Life in the woods ; The Swiss waltz ; Origin of the harp ; Forked deer. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Nelson, Alva Chester, 1954-. The gift : based on Hamlet by Thomas / Alva Chester Nelson III. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Autograph note signed on his visiting card, dated : [Paris], 11 January 1889, to an unidentified colleague, 1889 Jan. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Je suis Titania : Mignon / [Ambroise Thomas] ; arrangement by Bernie Clements. University of North Texas Library, UNT
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Anne, Théodore, 1797-1869. person
associatedWith Barbieri, Francisco A. 1823-1894. person
associatedWith Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. person
associatedWith Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. person
associatedWith Betjemann, Gilbert H., 1840-1921. person
associatedWith Cailliet, Lucien, 1891-1985. person
associatedWith Carafa, Michele, 1787-1872. person
associatedWith Carré, Michel, 1819-1872. person
associatedWith Clements, Bernie. person
associatedWith Cooney, Myron A. (Myron Angelo) person
associatedWith Delacour. person
associatedWith Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. person
associatedWith Franck, César, 1822-1890. person
associatedWith Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. person
associatedWith Giraldoni, Eugenio, 1871-1924. person
associatedWith Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 person
associatedWith Golden Family family
associatedWith Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956 person
associatedWith Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. person
associatedWith Hauk, Minnie, 1851-1929. person
associatedWith Hetzel, Pierre-Jules (1814-1886) person
associatedWith Heugel (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888, person
associatedWith Leuven, Adolphe de, 1800-1884. person
associatedWith Maier, Annmarie. person
associatedWith Marchesi, Salvatore, 1822-1908. person
associatedWith Martinet, person
associatedWith Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. person
associatedWith M'Guckin, Barton, 1852-1917. person
associatedWith Moldenhauer, Hans. person
associatedWith Nelson, Alva Chester, 1954- person
associatedWith Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Music Library. General Manuscript Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Music Library. General Manuscript Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Perrin, Emile, 1814-1885, person
associatedWith Rabut, Eléonore. person
associatedWith Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. person
associatedWith Roger. person
associatedWith Rosier, M. (Joseph-Bernard), 1804-1880. person
associatedWith Ruth Neils and John M. Ward Collection of Opera Scores. corporateBody
associatedWith Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. person
associatedWith Santley, Charles, Sir, 1834-1922, person
associatedWith Sasse, Marie, 1834-1907. person
associatedWith Sauvage, T. (Thomas) person
associatedWith Schumer, Harry G., 1893-1971. person
associatedWith Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. person
associatedWith Sharpe, Cedric. person
associatedWith Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph) corporateBody
associatedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Spilka, František. person
associatedWith Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900, person
associatedWith Thomas, Charles, 1805-1883, person
associatedWith Tobani, Theo. M. (Theodore Moses), 1855-1933. person
associatedWith Vény, Jenny, person
correspondedWith Vizentini, Monsieur, fl. 1870 person
associatedWith Weil, Oscar, 1840-1921. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
France
France
France
Subject
Brass octets (Baritone, flugelhorns (2), horn, trombones (2), trumpets (2))
Clarinet choir music
Coros profanos (Voces de hombres, 4 partes)
Folk songs, Scots
Gavottes
Harp
Music
Music
Música
Musical sketches
Oboe and piano music
Offertories (Music)
Operas
Operas
Operas
Operas
Operas
Operas
Operas
Opera
Opera
Orchestral music
Organ music
Overtures
Overtures, Arranged
Piano music
Popular instrumental music
Prompt-book
String orchestra music, Arranged
Suites (Band), Arranged
Wind ensembles
Occupation
Composers
Composers
Activity

Person

Birth 1811-08-05

Death 1896-02-12

French

French,

Italian,

English,

German

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