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 51-75 of 96 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 76465 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Going to the ball | John Clarke ; Marion Green ; Robert Parker ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell | Vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76473 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Finale, act 1 | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76474 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | What are names? | Marion Green ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76475 | 12-in. | approximately May 1919 | Finale, act 2 | Marion Green ; Robert Parker ; Prince's Theatre Orchestra ; Kennedy Russell ; Maggie Teyte | Vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 86582 | 10-in. | approximately September 1920 | Véronique : De ci, de là | Madeleine Cardinal ; Louis Chartier | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 15121-15122 | 10-in. | 3/11/1925 | La maison grise | Giuseppe Danise | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E20634-E20635 | 10-in. | 11/4/1926 | Duetto de l’âne | Blanche Archambault ; Louis Chartier | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone) | composer | |
Brunswick | E23054-E23055 | 10-in. | 5/9/1927 | La maison grise | Giuseppe Danise | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 57bv | 10-in. | 1929 | Veronique : Fantasia, pt. 1 | Symphony Orchestra [Brunswick Records (U.K.)] | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 58bv | 10-in. | 1929 | Veronique : Fantasia, pt. 2 | Symphony Orchestra [Brunswick Records (U.K.)] | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 520 | Not documented | approximately Jan. 1911 | Valse des cigales | Aino Ackté | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 548 | Not documented | approximately Jan. 1911 | Si j'avais vos ailes | Aino Ackté | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7098 | 10-in. | 1/8/1920 | Red rose | Arthur Middleton | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 9028 | 10-in. | 6/13/1923 | Long ago in Alcalá | Charles Albert Baker ; Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 344y | 10-in. | 2/6/1909 | Ysoline (Bailete mazurka) | Banda del Real Cuerpo de Guardias Alabarderos de Madrid | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 1293F[o] | 10-in. | Dec. 1902 | Conte bleu | Jean-François Delmas | Bass vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 1303F[o] | 10-in. | December 1902 | Hélas! je ne dois plus entendre | Albert Piccaluga | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 1772F[o] | 10-in. | 1903 | Fantaisie | Garde Républicaine Band | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | Bb11341 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | La maison grise | John McCormack ; Edwin Schneider | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 15880u | 10-in. | 6/23/1910 | Isoline ballet | Orchestre symphonique du Gramophone | Orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Bb17183 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | J'ai deux amants | Yvonne Printemps | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | Bb17184 | 10-in. | 7/12/1929 | Duo du 2ème acte | Sacha Guitry ; Yvonne Printemps | Female vocal, with spoken dialog and orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX207 | 12-in. | 2/17/1928 | Duo de Marie et Colette | Jules Clémandh ; Louise Dhamarys ; Georgette Simon | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX225 | 12-in. | 2/22/1928 | Theme & variation | Pierre Dupont ; Musique de la Garde Republicaine | Band | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX226 | 12-in. | 2/22/1928 | Scene et pas des deux pigeons | Pierre Dupont ; Musique de la Garde Republicaine | Band | 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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