Ferdinand Hérold

Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), 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. He wrote several ballets for the latter, but was best known as a composer of opéra comique. Some of them particularly in his early days, were hampered by poor librettos, but later he had more successes than failures, and his last two operas, Zampa (1831) and Le Pré aux clercs (The Clerk's Meadow, 1832) were immensely popular, and remained in the repertory in France and elsewhere for decades after his early death from tuberculosis in 1833.

As a ballet composer Hérold was a pioneer, raising the standard of ballet scores from being simple arrangements of popular tunes to well-orchestrated music illustrating the action of the ballets. His operas influenced later composers from Bizet and Offenbach to Wagner and Smetana.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1791 (10 rue Hérold), Died January 19, 1833 (Paris)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

Notes: Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold

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Recordings (Results 26-42 of 42 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Edison 1257 10-in. between 9/13/1912 and 9/18/1912 Overture Brass orchestra (unidentified; Edison Records) String orchestra composer  
Edison 5237 10-in. 12/27/1916 Zampa overture Creatore's Band Band composer  
Edison 5240 10-in. 12/28/1916 Zampa overture Creatore's Band Band composer  
Edison 5864 10-in. 11/1/1917 Zampa overture American Symphony Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Edison 5865 10-in. 11/1/1917 Zampa overture American Symphony Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Edison 18708 10-in. 9/7/1928 Zampa overture Edison Concert Orchestra [Giammatteo's Orchestra] Orchestra composer  
Edison 18709 10-in. 9/7/1928 Zampa overture Edison Concert Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Edison N-414 12-in. 9/7/1928 Zampa overture Edison Concert Orchestra [Giammatteo's Orchestra] Orchestra composer  
Edison N-415 12-in. 9/7/1928 Zampa overture Edison Concert Orchestra [Giammatteo's Orchestra] Orchestra composer  
Gramophone 889c 12-in. approximately November 1906 Perchè tremar? Mattia Battistini Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Gramophone HO985ac 12-in. 8/5/1915 Zampa : Overture New Symphony Orchestra of London Orchestra composer  
Gramophone HO986ac 12-in. 8/25/1915 Zampa : Overture New Symphony Orchestra of London Orchestra composer  
Gramophone Ct4173 12-in. 6/28/1928 Zampa : Overture Gabriel Diot ; L'Orchestre du Gramophone Orchestra composer  
Gramophone Ct4174 12-in. 6/28/1928 Zampa : Overture Continental Symphony Orchestra ; Gabriel Diot Orchestra composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WLX984 12-in. 4/11/1929 Les rendez-vous de noble compagnie Louise Dhamarys ; Ernest Géoris ; Georges Villier Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WLX1405 12-in. 11/7/1930 Air d'Isabelle: Jours de mon enfance Élie Cohen ; Germaine Féraldy Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia (U.K.) CL4552 10-in. 12/1/1933 Les rendez-vous Charpini et Brancato ; Fernand Maillard Vocal duet with piano composer  
(Results 26-42 of 42 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hérold, Ferdinand," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103294.

Hérold, Ferdinand. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103294.

"Hérold, Ferdinand." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103294

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