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Price: $350.00 |
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MINT CONDITION |
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Autographed Reutlinger 2” x 4” carte de visite photograph. We can only recollect seeing one other autograph this small! Thomas during the mid 19th Century was the most influential French composer, as Director of the Paris Conservatoire. A winner of the Grande Prix du Rome in his youth, he became infatuated with the opera. After a brief visit to Vienna after a three year stay in Rome, he repaired back to Paris, where he began to compose operas. From 1837-1974 he completed 19 operas, 3 ballets and several orchestral and chamber works. He was elected to the Academie in 1851 and five years later was appointed Professor at the Conservatoire. He succeeded Daniel Auber as the Director in 1871. At the time of his appointment, his works were only second in popularity to those of Charles Gounod. However, the only two works which have remained in the repertoire are “Mignon” and “Hamlet” which have fallen out of fashion as of late, but are occasionally revived throughout the opera world. While Director of the Conservatoire, he was considered to be the most influential composer in France. |
AMBROISE THOMAS - COMPOSER |
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