André Messager
André Charles Prosper Messager (French: [mɛsaʒe]; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les P'tites Michu (1897) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1919) were also popular internationally. Messager took up the piano as a small child and later studied composition with, among others, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of Paris and later London, both as a conductor and a composer. Many of his Parisian works were also produced in the West End and some on Broadway; the most successful had long runs and numerous international revivals. He wrote two operatic works in English, and his later output included musical comedies for Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps. As a conductor, Messager held prominent positions in Paris and London, at the head of the Opéra-Comique, the Paris Opéra, the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Although as a composer he is known chiefly for his light works, as a conductor he presented a wide range of operas, from Mozart to Richard Strauss, and he acquired a reputation as a conductor of Wagner. In Paris he conducted the world premieres of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Massenet's Grisélidis and Charpentier's Louise. At Covent Garden, he gave the British premieres of operas by Saint-Saëns and Massenet. Messager's music became known for its melodic and orchestral invention, musical craftsmanship, and characteristically French elegance and grace. Although most of his works have been infrequently revived, historians of music consider him the last major figure in French opéra comique and opérette. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 96 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 49540 | 12-in. | 10/23/1918 | Impressions of Italy : A mules | André Messager ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | director | |
Columbia | 49541 | 12-in. | 10/24/1918 | Les chasseresses | French Symphony Orchestra ; André Messager ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | director | |
Columbia | 50603 | 10-in. | between 1903 and 1906 | Duo de l'ane | Mary Boyer ; Albert Piccaluga | Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and baritone) | composer | |
Columbia | 59632 | 12-in. | approximately September 1920 | Duo de l'escarpolette | Louis Chartier ; Blanche Gonthier | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 73248 | 10-in. | approximately 1923 | Trot here and there | Dora Labbette ; Evan Williams | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 75314 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Scene and pas des deux | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 75315 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Theme and variations | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 75316 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Divertissement | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 75318 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Finale | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 76435 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Monsieur Beaucaire, selection, part 1 | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76436 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Honour and love | John Clarke ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76437 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Waltz | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76438 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Monsieur Beaucaire : Waltz | London Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76439 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Monsieur Beaucaire, selection, part 2 | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76440 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | I love you a little | John Clarke ; Alice Moffat ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76441 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | We are not speaking now | John Clarke ; Alice Moffat ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76454 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | English maids | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra chorus | composer | |
Columbia | 76455 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Gold and blue and white | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76456 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Red rose | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76457 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Under the moon | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus | composer | |
Columbia | 76460 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | The rose minuet | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76461 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Philomel | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76462 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | I do not know | Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76463 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Lightly, lightly | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76464 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Say no more | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Messager, André," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103767.
Messager, André. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103767.
"Messager, André." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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