If, however, I have succeeded, in addition to furnishing particulars of the lives of the most popular French composers, in drawing attention to the works of some who are less well-known than they deserve to be, my object will have been attained, and this little book will not have been written in vain.
APPENDIX
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS COMPOSED BY AMBROISE THOMAS, GOUNOD, SAINT-SAËNS, MASSENET, REYER, AND BRUNEAU
AMBROISE THOMAS
DRAMATIC WORKS
| 1. | "Le Double Échelle," opéra comique, 1 act. 1837. |
| 2. | "Le Perruquier de la Régence," op. com., 3 acts. 1838. |
| 3. | "La Gipsy," ballet, 2 acts. 1839. |
| (In collaboration with Benoist.) | |
| 4. | "Le Panier fleuri," op. com., 1 act. 1839. |
| 5. | "Carline," op., 3 acts. 1840. |
| 6. | "Le Comte de Carmagnole," op., 2 acts. 1841. |
| 7. | "Le Guerillero," op., 2 acts. 1842. |
| 8. | "Angélique et Médor," op. com., 1 act. 1843. |
| 9. | "Mina," op. com., 3 acts. 1843. |
| 10. | "Betty," ballet, 2 acts. 1846. |
| 11. | "Le Caïd," op. com., 3 acts. 1849. |
| 12. | "Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Été," op. com., 3 acts. 1850. |
| 13. | "Raymond," op., 3 acts. 1851. |
| 14. | "La Tonelli," op., 2 acts. 1853. |
| 15. | "La Cour de Célimène," op. com., 2 acts. 1855. |
| 16. | "Psyché," op., 3 acts. 1857. |
| 17. | "Le Carnaval de Venise," op. com., 3 acts. 1857. |
| 18. | "Le Roman d'Elvire," op. com., 3 acts. 1860. |
| 19. | "Mignon," op., 3 acts. 1866. |
| 20. | "Hamlet," op., 5 acts. 1868. |
| 21. | "Gille et Gillotin," op. com., 1 act. 1874. |
| 22. | "Françoise de Rimini," op., 5 acts. 1882. |
| 23. | "La Tempête," ballet. 1889. |