André Wormser

André Wormser studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Hope Temple is recorded as having studied under André Wormser. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.

André Wormser was born in Paris and studied with Antoine Marmontel and François Bazin at the Paris Conservatoire. As a very wealthy man, Wormser was able to afford a membership in the social club Cercle artistique et littéraire. In 1872, Wormser won the Premier Prix in piano at the Paris Conservatoire, and in 1875, he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Clytemnestre. He is best known for the pantomime L'Enfant prodigue (1890), which was performed across Europe and revived at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 (as the three-act play Pierrot the Prodigal). He died in Paris. Notable students include Charles Malherbe.

• Illustration — Portrait of André Wormser by Albert Besnard (1877). Wormser composed choral and orchestral music, opera and works for solo instrument and voice. Selected works include: • L'Enfant prodigue, pantomime (1890; scenario by Michel Carré) • L'Étoile, Ballet-pantomime en deux actes (Opéra, Paris, 31 May 1897; choreography by Joseph Hansen) • Ballada for Oboe and Piano (1909) • Clytemnestre, cantata (1897) • Rêverie (Gypsy Suite) for violin and piano • Adèle de Ponthieu, opera (1887) • Rivoli, opera (1896)

The authorities additionally record the headings André Alphonse Wormser, André Alphonse Toussaint Wormser, Andre Wormser, Andre Alphonse Wormser and Andre Alphonse Toussaint Wormser. His recorded language was French.

André Wormser is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.