Arthur Goring Thomas
Arthur Goring Thomas (born November 20, 1850 in Ratton Park , † March 20, 1892 in London ) was an English composer.
Thomas studied in Paris with Émile Durand and from 1877 to 1880 at the Royal Academy of Music with Arthur Sullivan and Ebenezar Prout . Then he took orchestration lessons from Max Bruch . His first published composition was the song Le Roi Henri (1871).
An early comic opera, Don Braggadocio , was left unfinished. After his first opera, The Light of the Harem (1879), performed in excerpts , he received a commission from Carl Rosa for an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame . The opera Esmaralda (1883) was also successful in performances in Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin. A new version with a tragic ending was premiered at Covent Garden Opera in 1890 . The next opera, Nadeshda (1885), was also commissioned by the Rosa Company . His last opera The Golden Web was bySP Waddington completed and only premiered after his accidental death in 1893.
In addition to the operas, Thomas composed only a few works, including the psalm Out of the Deep (1878) for soprano and choir, the chorus The Sun Worshippers (1881) and a ballet suite for orchestra (1887). A piano version of the cantata The Swan and the Skylark was found in his estate. It was instrumentalized by Charles Villiers Stanford and performed at the Birmingham Festival in 1894. In addition, Thomas composed more than a hundred songs and duets.
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- List of stage works by Arthur Goring Thomas based on the MGG at Operone
- Arthur Goring Thomas at Allmusic (English)
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| SURNAME | Thomas, Arthur Goring |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratton Park |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1892 |
| Place of death | London |