Augusta Holmès

Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (18 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Irish descent. At first she published under the pseudonym Hermann Zenta. In 1871, Holmès became a French citizen and added the accent to her last name.

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Holmès herself wrote the lyrics to almost all her songs, oratorios, choral symphonies, and the opera La Montagne Noire.

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Holmès was born in Paris

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• Parmi les meules for voice and piano
• Triumphal Ode for a chorus of 900 and an orchestra of 300
• Vision de Saint Thérese voice and orchestra
• Hymne à la paix cantata
• Au pays bleu
• Hymne à Apollo choral
• La Vision de la reine cantata
• La Montagne noir opera
• Astarte opera (unpublished)
• Lancelot du lac opera (unpublished)

Orchestral works:

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• Andromede symphonic poem
• Irlande symphonic poem
• La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique - Ludus pro Patria symphonic poem
• Lutece symphony
• Ouverture pour une Comédie symphonic poem
• Pologne symphonic poem
• Trois anges sont Venus Ce Soir
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Composer: A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a person may be called a composer without creating m...

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