Ferdinand Hérold
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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.
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- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1: "Summertime" (Orch. Bühl) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 3 "Summer": No. 12, Variation - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 7, July. Reaper's Song - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 2: Chorus. "Queen of Summer" (Heathens) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Song. "Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay" - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139, L. 131: No. 1, Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 8 in F Major - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Bartók: 4 Slovak Folksongs, Sz. 70: No. 2, Na holi, na holi - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Berlin: Heat Wave (From "As Thousands Cheer") - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71: No. 2, Summer Evening - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eastwell "A Late Summer Impression" (Arr. Soudoplatoff for Violin and Strings) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Delius: To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water: I. Slow, But Not Dragging - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: No. 24, Ernteliedchen - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: I. Villanelle, H 82b - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich, quadrille sur des thèmes de Tristan et Isolde pour piano à quatre mains: No. 2, Été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: Scherzo - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Tormis: Saint John's Day Songs: No. 4, Why We Look Forward to Saint John's Arrival - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Des Prez: El grillo - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Lavender - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Delage: 7 Haï-kaïs: No. 7, L'été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Bliss: Suite from Adam Zero: VI. Dance of Summer - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Bonds: Songs of the Seasons: No. 4, Summer Storm - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Castiglioni: Come io passo l'estate: III. Andiamo al rifugia Bergamo - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 85: No. 1, Sommerabend - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Piazzolla: Estaciones porteñas: I. Verano porteño (Arr. Assad for Guitar) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Britten: 4 Chansons françaises: No. 1, Nuits de juin - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Kern: All Through the Day (From "Centennial Summer") - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 13, Summer Fairy - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Chausson: 4 Mélodies, Op. 13: No. 4, La cigale - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Couperin, F: Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: I. Les moissonneurs - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Elgar: Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: Epilogue. Chorus. "As Torrents in Summer" - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 7, Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Gurney: The Fields Are Full of Summer Still - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Peel: In Summertime on Bredon - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Ives: September - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Korngold: 6 Einfache Lieder, Op. 9: No. 6, Sommer - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: IV. Rondo. Allegro - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Legrand: The Summer Knows (From "Summer of '42") - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- MacDowell: New England Idyls, Op. 62: No. 4, With Sweet Lavender - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Massenet: Année passée, Livre I "Après-midi d'été": II. Dans les blés. Modéré - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Meyerbeer: Chant des moissonneurs vendéens - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Poulenc: Calligrammes, FP 140: No. 6, Aussi bien que les cigales - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Ravel: Histoires naturelles, M. 50: No. 2, Le grillon - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Aborn: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Berg: 7 Frühe Lieder: No. 7, Sommertage - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Alwyn: Miss Julie, Act 1: "Midsummer Night, O, Night of Magic" (Miss Julie) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Beethoven: 6 National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 105: No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Air écossais. The Last Rose of Summer - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Satie: 5 Grimaces pour Le songe d'une nuit d'été: No. 2, Coquecigrue - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Messager: Madame Chrysanthème, Act 3: "Écoutez, c'est le chant des cigales" (Madame Chrysanthème) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 208 (Arr. for Guitar) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Lehár: Giuditta: "Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht" (Giuditta, Octavio) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Schubert: Erntelied, D. 434 - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Zandonai: Notti d'agosto (Live) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Séverac: En vacances, Premier recueil "Au château et dans le parc": II. Les petites voisines en visite - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Grieg: Song of Norway, Act 1: Midsummer's Eve. "My Song Is a Song of Summertime" (Rikard, Louisa) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Stenhammar: 2 Songs from "Idyll and Epigram", Op. 4: No. 2, Flickan knyter i Johannenatten - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Christian Harmony: No. 8, Harvest Hymn - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Benatzky: Im weißen Rössl, Act 1: "Wenn das Barometer wieder Sommer macht" - "Im weißen Rössl am Wolfgangsee" (Siedler, Josepha, Chor) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Jarre: The Engadiner Suite, for Piano Trio: I. Summer - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne, Op. 61: I. Aurore - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Szymanowski: Demeter, Op. 37bis - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Hérold & Lanchbery: La fille mal gardée, Act 2: No. 24, Les moissonneurs - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Jolivet: 5 Incantations: No. 3, Pour que la moisson soit riche qui naîtra des sillons que le laboureur trace - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Turnage: Ceres - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 "Midsummer Vigil" - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles...: II. Les orioles - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Bild 1: "Sonniges Land. Mildes Drängen schon nahen Sommers" (Mathis) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Roussel: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 "Le poème de la forêt": III. Soir d'été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Honegger: Pastorale d'été - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Gounod: Mireille, Act 4: Chœur des moissonneurs. "Amis, amis, voici la moisson faite" (Chœur, Ramon) - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Loewe: Gesammelte Lieder, Gesänge, Romanzen und Balladen, Op. 9: No. 5, An die Grille - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Stravinsky: Perséphone, Tableau III "Perséphone renaissante" - On a Summer Evening - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Overture - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Pas de Sept - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Divertissement No. 2 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Pas de Charge - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Pas de Trois. Bolero - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Vendôme en Espagne, AWV 9: Pas de Trois. Finale - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- La fiancée, AWV 17: Overture - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Les diamants de la couronne, AWV 34: Overture - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Les diamants de la couronne, AWV 34, Act II: Sarabande - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41: Overture - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41, Act II: Air de ballet No. 1 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41, Act II: Air de ballet No. 2 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41, Act II: Air de ballet No. 3 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41, Act II: Air de ballet No. 4 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'enfant prodigue, AWV 41, Act II: Air de ballet No. 5 - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Partant pour la Syrie (Arr. for Orchestra by Daniel Auber) - Auber: Overtures, Vol. 8 - Ferdinand Hérold
- Coppélia, Act I: No. 1, Valse - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne (Transcr. for Cello and Orchestra) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act III: Dance of the Hours (Excerpt) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Giselle, Act I: No 4, Giselle's Waltz - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II "The Vision": No. 17, Panorama - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: I. Miniature Overture. Allegro giusto - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Cinderella: No. 13, Summer Fairy. Andantino sognando - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Two Pigeons, Act I: Dance of the Two Pigeons. Allegretto - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Sylvia Suite: V. Pizzicati - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Zar und Zimmermann, LoWV 38, Act III: Holzschuhtanz - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Rosamunde, D. 797: No. 9, Ballett (Arr. Kreisler) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Seasons, Pt. 3 "Summer": No. 10, Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Children's Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-walk - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: 13. Dances of the Swans - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak (Russian Dance) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Le Carnaval des animaux, R. 125: X. Volière - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Birds, P. 154: V. The Cuckoo (Pasquini) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Tales of Beatrix Potter: The Mouse Waltz - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: I. Andante maestoso - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Fille mal gardée, Act II: 29. Pas de deux - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Le Carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act IV: No. 27, Dance of the Little Swans - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op.66a: IV. Panorama - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act III: Barcarolle (Orchestral Version) - Die schönste Ballettmusik für Kinder - Ferdinand Hérold
- Joy - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Les petits riens, K. 299b: Overture - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Trumpet Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D1: I. Allegro - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre XVIII: VI. Le tic-toc-choc ou Les maillotins - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Oboe Concerto in C Minor, TWV 51:c1: II. Allegro (Arr. for Trumpet) - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: X. Aviary - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Candide: Overture - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger. Vivace - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Sakura - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 6 "Die Mainacht" - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Lagrima - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Rondo a capriccio in G major Op.129, 'Rage over a Lost Penny' - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Coppélia, Act I: No. 1, Valse - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Gli uccelli, P. 154: V. Il cuccù - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Symphony No. 44 in D Major, K. 81/73l: I. Allegro - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, WD 40: IV. Carillon - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Symphony No. 20 in D Major, K. 133: I. Allegro - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Album pour mes petits amis, Op. 14: VI. Marche des petits soldats de plomb - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Guillaume Tell: Overture - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Snow Maiden, Act III: Dance of the Tumblers - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Children's Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-walk - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV. 1048: III. Allegro - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338: III. Finale. Allegro vivace - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux, Var. II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Coda - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- El Amor Brujo: VIII. Ritual Fire Dance - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Pièces de Clavecin: No. 16, Le Coucou - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Dolly Suite, Op. 56: No. 1, Berceuse (Arr. for Orchestra) - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I: No 2, March - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- 6 Lieder ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: II. Allegro leggiero - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Dolly Suite, Op. 56: No. 3, Le Jardin de Dolly (Arr. for Orchestra) - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Fille mal gardée, Act II: Finale - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act III Scene 2: Prodigo! Incanto! - Dance of the Hours - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12a, Divertissement. Chocolate (Spanish Dance) - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Les Patineurs, Op. 183 - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- String Quartet in F Major, Hob. III:17: II. Andante cantabile - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Oboe Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9: II. Adagio - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Scaramouche, Op. 165b: III. Brazileira - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Violin Sonata in G Minor, GT 2.g05 "Devil's Trill": III. Andante - Allegro assai - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Fille mal gardèe, Act II: Widow Simone. Clog Dance - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II Scene 1: "The Chase": No. 17, Panorama. Andantino - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Costa da Caparica - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act III: Dance of the Hours - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
- Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486: Ouvertüre (Orchester) - Feel Good Classical Music - Ferdinand Hérold
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