André Alphonse Toussaint Wormser (1 November 1851 – 4 November 1926) was a French Romantic composer.
Life and career edit
André Wormser was born in Paris and studied with Antoine Marmontel and François Bazin at the Paris Conservatoire.[1] As a very wealthy man, Wormser was able to afford a membership in the social club Cercle artistique et littéraire.[2]
In 1872, Wormser won the Premier Prix in piano at the Paris Conservatoire,[3] and in 1875, he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Clytemnestre. He is best known for the pantomime L'Enfant prodigue (1890),[4] which was revived at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 as the three-act play Perroit the Prodigal.[5] He passed away in Paris.
Notable students include Charles Malherbe.
Works edit
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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 edit
- ^ "Wormser, Andre Alphonse". Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Smith, Richard Langham; Potter, Caroline (2006). French music since Berlioz.
- ^ Margell, Tad. "The Paris Conservatoire Concours Oboe Solos:The Gillet Years (1882-1919)" (PDF). IDRS Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Wormser, André". Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Pierrot the Prodigal". Retrieved 23 February 2012.