biography
| name: |
Thomas, (Charles Louis) Ambroise
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pronunciation:
[tohmah]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1811–96)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Metz, NE France. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he became a professor of composition (1852) and director (1871). He wrote many light operas for the Opéra Comique and the Grand Opéra, of which Mignon (1866) is the best known. He also composed cantatas, part-songs, and choral pieces. |
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