Composer
Arthur Goring Thomas
English composer (1850-1892)
1850–1892
5 works in the index
- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1892
- Birthplace
- Sussex
- Place of death
- London
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Romantic
Biography
Arthur Goring Thomas (20 November 1850 – 20 March 1892) was an English composer. Thomas was a younger brother of the cricketer Freeman Frederick Thomas and the civil servant Charles Inigo Thomas, During the 1870s, he received a musical education in Paris and at the Royal Academy of Music. He was commissioned to write the opera Esmeralda (1883), an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. By the early 1890s, this opera had received adaptations in the German and French languages. By the time of his death, Thomas had completed at least four other operas, including an opéra bouffe which was released posthumously.
In 1891, Thomas was engaged to be married. In March 1892, he took his own life by throwing himself in front of a train. His suicide was attributed to an unspecified "mental disease".
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Teachers
- Émile Durand
- Genres
- opera
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 5280149198224074940000
- ISNI
- 0000000088058530
- GND ID
- 142247839
- Library of Congress ID
- n83042615
- MusicBrainz ID
- 917bd287-c700-42ac-b6d6-4e860268eb62
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Vocal
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 5
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Je suis Titania - From "Mignon" | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Raymond | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 1 |
| Esmeralda, "O vision entrancing" | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Elle ne croyait pas - From "Mignon" | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Gavotte from ''Mignon'' | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 5280149198224074940000. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.