CHARLES-LOUIS THOMAS. — Musician, born in Metz on 5 August 1811, died in Paris on 12 February 1896.
THOMAS, CHARLES-LOUIS. — Musician, b. at Metz on 5 Aug. 1811, d. at Paris on 12 Feb. 1896. He entered the Paris Conservatory of Music in 1828, and after one year won the first Grand Prize for piano, and three years later the Grand Prize of Rome. From then until 1852 he lived in Italy, where he composed his first operas. Returning to France, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1854, and in 1868 became its perpetual secretary. In 1869 he succeeded Auber as director of the Paris Conservatory.
THOMAS, PIERRE — Portrait.