Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
Born: 28th January 1791, Paris, France
Died: 19th January 1833, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold better known as Ferdinand Hérold (pronounced [fɛʁdinɑ̃ eʁɔld]), was a French composer. He was celebrated in his lifetime for his operas, of which he composed more than twenty, but he also wrote ballet music, works for piano and choral pieces. He is best known today for the ballet La Fille mal gardée and the overture to the opera Zampa.
Born in Paris to a musical family, Hérold trained at the Paris Conservatoire and won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1812. After a time in Italy he returned to Paris and worked first at the Théâtre Italien and then at the Opéra.
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- Jours de mon enfance (3)
- La Fille mal gardée (18)
- La Fille mal gardée (highlights) (2)
- La Fille mal gardée: Clog Dance (4)
- Le Pré Aux Clercs (2)
- Le Pre aux Cleres.- Overture (2)
- Ô ma tendre amie (from Le Pré-aux-clercs) (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E major (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in A (2)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in E minor (1)
- Sonates (4) pour harpe avec accompagnement d'alto (1)
- Symphony No. 1 in C major (2)
- Symphony No. 2 in D major (5)
- Tarantella precede du chant des Zampugni (1)
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Pas de Trois. Finale (1)
- Zampa (1)
- Zampa - Overture (33)
- Zampa Fantasy (1)
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