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Ambroise Thomas, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
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Ambroise Thomas[ANbrwAz´ tOmA´] Pronunciation Key, 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught composition there and became its director in 1871. Thomas wrote cantatas, a number of ballets, and 20 operas, of which Le CaId (1849, a satire on Italian opera), Mignon (1866), and Hamlet (1868) were the most successful.
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