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Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896) |
Ambroise Thomas
French composer and teacher (b. 5 August 1811 in Metz; d. 12 February 1896 in Paris), born Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas.
The son of two music teachers, Ambroise exhibited a talent for the violin and piano by the age of ten, and in 1828 he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory, studying composition with Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837) and piano with Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849). In 1832 he won the Prix de Rome with his cantata Herman et Ketty, and during his ensuing three-year stay in Rome his compositions impressed Hector Berlioz.
In 1856 he became a professor at the Paris Conservatory, and in 1871 he succeeded Daniel-François-Esprit Auber as director of the institution, remaining in the post for a quarter-of-a-century until his death. As a composer, Thomas is best remembered for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868), and Tchaikovsky was extremely critical of the latter in an 1872 music review article (see TH 272)..
Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Ambroise Thomas:
- 3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Ambroise Thomas have survived, dating from 1889 to 1890.
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