Augusta Mary Anne Holmès

Augusta Mary Anne Holmès

Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (16 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Irish descent (her father was from Youghal, Co. Cork). In 1871, Holmès became a French citizen and added the accent to her last name. She wrote the texts to almost all of her vocal music herself, including songs, oratorios, the libretto of her opera La Montagne noire and the programmatic poems for her symphonic poems including Irlande and Andromède.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 16, 1847 (Paris), Died January 28, 1903 (Paris)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-16150	12-in.	6/28/1915	L'heure d'or	Frances Bernard Hammond	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	PCS-019309	12-in.	6/2/1938	Au pays	Carroll Hollister ; John Charles Thomas	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	19414	10-in.	6/15/1911	Noel d'irlande	Paul Dufault	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	44278	10-in.	August 1916	La chanson des gars d'Irlande	Honoré Vaillancourt	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	84412	10-in.	approximately May 1918	Noël d'Irlande	Rodrigue Gauthier	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	85156	10-in.	approximately 1919	La chanson des gars d'Irlande	Louis Chartier	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E28829	10-in.	11/21/1928	Noël	Louis Chartier	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	2114b	10-in.	1902	O douce etoi	Maurice Renaud	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL7152	10-in.	11/30/1939	Trois anges sont venus	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102540.

Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102540.

"Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.