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 76-96 of 96 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia (U.K.) | WLX227 | 12-in. | 2/22/1928 | Entrée des tziganes | Pierre Dupont ; Musique de la Garde Republicaine | Band | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX228 | 12-in. | 2/22/1928 | Danse hongroise | Pierre Dupont ; Musique de la Garde Republicaine | Band | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL481 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | Couplet d'entrée | Louise Dhamarys ; Fernand Heurteur | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL915 | 10-in. | 2/17/1928 | Air de Marie, acte 2 | Jules Clémandh ; Georgette Simon | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL916 | 10-in. | 2/17/1928 | Romance de Marie, acte 3 | Jules Clémandh ; Georgette Simon | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL917 | 10-in. | 2/17/1928 | Fabliau | Jules Clémandh ; Louise Dhamarys | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1022 | 10-in. | 4/14/1928 | Elle m'aime! | Élie Cohen ; Lucien Fugère | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1023 | 10-in. | 4/14/1928 | Trop lourd est le poids... | Élie Cohen ; Lucien Fugère | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1079 | 10-in. | 5/13/1928 | J'aimais la vieille maison grise | Marcelle Denya ; Georges Truc | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1080 | 10-in. | 5/13/1928 | Si vous croyez que je vais dire... | Marcelle Denya ; Georges Truc | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1297 | 10-in. | 11/13/1928 | Quand on n'a pas le pied marin | Pierre Chagnon ; Gustave Nelson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1298 | 10-in. | 11/13/1928 | Les hommes sont bien tous les mêmes | Pierre Chagnon ; Marcelle Denya | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1299 | 10-in. | 11/13/1928 | Duo du coup de roulis | Pierre Chagnon ; Marcelle Denya ; Gustave Nelson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1300 | 10-in. | 11/13/1928 | Tous les deux me plaisent | Pierre Chagnon ; Marcelle Denya | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX1495 | 12-in. | 2/11/1931 | Le jour sous le soleil béni | Yoshiko Miyagawa | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1581 | 10-in. | approximately April 9, 1929 | Duetto de l'âne | Louise Dhamarys ; Ernest Géoris ; Georges Villier | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1592 | 10-in. | 4/11/1929 | L'escarpolette | Louise Dhamarys ; Ernest Géoris ; Georges Villier | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL3388 | 10-in. | 12/1/1931 | La maison grise | Pierre Chagnon ; Robert Krabansky ; Georges Thill | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and cello | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL3863 | 10-in. | 7/13/1932 | Je ne suis pas très exigeante | Germaine Féraldy ; Jean Jacquin | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6825 | 10-in. | 11/7/1938 | Duo de l'escarpolette | Charpini et Brancato ; Lao Silésu | Vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6826 | 10-in. | 11/7/1938 | Duo de l'escarpolette | Charpini et Brancato ; Lao Silésu | Vocal duet, with piano | 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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