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Henri Tomasi (1901-1971)

A French musician of Corsican descent, Tomasi divided his career between composing and conducting. He concentrated his creative work in music for the theatre and for the orchestra, while his recreational activities took him to the podiums of concert halls and opera houses throughout the world. His music is colorful, highly rhythmic, and direct in feeling. At times it displays the influence of such non-classical musical forms as jazz and the folk music of various international cultures. The latter flavor grew out of his position as chief conductor of the French National Radio’s colonial network during the 1930s. Tomasi's output covers some 130 compositons including grand opera, song, film music, sacred music, concerti and works for orchestra. Tomasi made a specialty of composing concertos, a practice that earned him enormous gratitude from soloists worldwide. His interest extended far beyond the most familiar solo instruments, too. His 16 concertos featured not only the expected piano and violin, but also flute, saxophone, viola, horn, clarinet, trombone, bassoon, oboe, cello, harp, double bass, and guitar. While conducting held centre-stage, it did not obliterate his composition activity. From 1938 on, wrote concertos for trumpet, horn, flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe and violin. Among his operas, the most renowned are Don Juan de Mañara (1944), L'Atlantide (1951), and Ulysse (1961); the latter a work related to the Violin Concerto. He was working on an opera on Hamlet at the time of his death in 1971.

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Dramatic/Theater
Miguel Mañara (Don Juan de Mañara), drame lyrique in 4 acts (1941-44; fp. 1956) [libretto: Tomasi, after O.V. de Milosz]
L'Atlantide, drame lyrique et choreographique in 2 acts & 9 tableaux (1951; fp. 1954) [libretto: F. Didelot, after P. Benoit]
Sampiero Corso (Sampieru Corsu), opera in 3 acts, 5 tableaux (1953; fp. 1956) [libretto: R. Cuttoli]
La triomphe de Jeanne, opera (1955; fp. 1956) [libretto: Tomasi and P. Soupault] [sometimes listed as "oratorio"]
François d'Assise (Le petit pauvre/Il Poverello), drame lyrique in 2 acts (1957; fp. 1960) [libretto: A. Bonheur]
Le silence de la mer, drame lyrique in 1 act, baritone solo and orchestra (1959; fp. 1963) [libretto: Tomasi, after Vercors]
Le colibri, chamber opera in 1 act (féerie radiophonique) (1961) [1960?] [libretto: Didelot]
Princesse Pauline, opera-mascarade in 2 acts (1958-61) [libretto: Didelot]
Ulysse, ou le peau péripleu, jeu litteraire et musical in 2 acts and a prologue (1961; fp. 1965) [libretto: Tomasi, after J. Giono]
L'élixir du Révérend Père Gaucher, opera comique in 2 acts (1962; fp. 1964) [libretto: L. Bancal, after A. Daudet]
La chèvre de Monsieur Seguin, conte lyrique, children's chorus, soprano, bass, speaker and chamber orch (or piano) (1963)
L'éloge de la folie (ère nucléaire), jeu satirique et symphonique, prolg & 2 acts (1965; fp. 1968) [libretto: Devillez, after Erasmus]
[Hamlet], opera (1971, sketches; incomplete)

Ballet
Boîte de nuit, ballet (1930) [P. Colin]
Vocero, poème symphonique et choreographique, orchestra, w/chorus ad lib. (1932)
La Grisi, ballet in 2 acts (1935) [G. de Teramonde, after O. Metra]
La rosière du village, ballet in 2 acts (1935; fp. 1936) [1933?] [Teramonde]
Les santons, pastorale provençale in 1 act [soloists, chorus and orchestra] (1939) [R. Dumesnil]
La féerie laotienne, ballet in 1 act (1939) [J. Bruyr]
    - Entrée
    - Cortège et danse
    - Scherzo pour une fête de nuit
    - Invocation à la lune (chant ad lib.)
    - Pantomime
    - Danse des sorciers
       - Offrande aux dieux
    - Les Cercles magiques
    - Final
Dassine, Sultane du Hoggar, poeme choreographique in 2 acts (1950) [Mme. Maraval-Berthoin]
La nuit obscure de Saint Jean de la Croix, orchestra, w/mezzo-soprano (ad lib.) & optional chorus, 1950) [oratorio?; ballet?]
Les folies mazarguaises, ballet in 2 acts (1951)
Ballet des djinns, orchestra (1951) [from the opera "Atlantide"]
Les Noces de cendres, ballet in 2 acts (1952) [Devillez]
Jabadao, ballet (1959) [A. Boll] [based on music from Oboe Concerto, ????]
Les barbaresques, ballet in 1 act (1960) [F. Gag]
Nana, ballet-pantomime in 1 act (1960) [inspired by novel by Emile Zola]
Concert quadrille, ballet (1963) [based on music from Trumpet Concerto]
L'éloge de la folie (ère nucléaire), jeu satirique et symphonique, prolg & 2 acts (1965; fp. 1968) [libretto: Devillez, after Erasmus]
Zippy, ballade pour un clown, ballet in 1 act (1966) [J. Cartier] [arr. from Saxophone Concerto]

Orchestra
Danse des derviches tourneurs, pièce symphonique, string orchestra and harp (????) - ESCHIG
France d’Outre-mer, marche héroïque à la gloire des armées coloniales, chamber orchestra (????) - HENRY LEMOINE
Danses de rêve, suite symphonique, orchestra (1929/?1930?) - HENRY LEMOINE
Cyrnos, poème symphonique, piano and orchestra (1929) ["pour orchestre et piano principal"]
Boîte de nuit, chamber orchestra (1930) [?arr. 1937] [suite from the ballet] - HENRY LEMOINE
    - Carnaval à Montmartre, orchestra (1930) [from ballet "Boite de nuit", 1930]
Oh whisky blues, chamber orchestra (1931) [from "Tam-tam"]
Vocero, poème symphonique et choreographique, orchestra, w/chorus ad lib. (1932)
Scènes municipales (4 pieces) (pub. 1932) ["first written for orchestra"?] - see piano works
Deux danses cambodgiennes, suite, chamber orchestra (1934)
    - Offrande du lotus or et argent
    - Butsomali
Colomba, tableaux symphoniques d'apres la nouvelle de Prosper Mérimée, orchestra (1934) [1936?]
La rosière du village, suite, orchestra (1933) [from the ballet]
    - Variation I
    - Variation II
    - Tarantelle
Danses brésiliennes, suite, chamber orchestra (1936)
Petite suite médiévale, suite d'orchestre (pub. 1936)
    - Prélude
    - Pastorale
    - Prière et complainte (Prayer and lament)
    - Le Tournoi (The Tournament); Marches
Caravanes (Impressions sahariennes), chamber orchestra (1938) [1936?] [suite?]
Trois danses, orchestra (1939) [from ballet "Les santons", 1939]
Concert asiatique, orchestra and percussion (1939) [from ballet "La féerie laotienne", 1939]
    - Invocation et danse
    - Scherzo
    - Final
La féerie laotienne, suite, orchestra (1939) [from the ballet]
    - Entrée
    - Invocation et danse
    - Scherzo pour une fête de nuit
    - Invocation à la lune
    - Final
Frères corses, suite, orchestra (1939) [from the film score]
Symphonie en ut (Symphony in C), orchestra (1940) [fp. 1941???]
L'île d'amour, suite, orchestra (1944) [from the film score]
Fanfares liturgiques, brass, timpani and percussion (1947) [from the opera "Don Juan de Mañara"]
    - Annonciation
    - Evangile
    - Apocalypse
    - Procession nocturne du Vendredi Saint
Ballet des djinns, orchestra (1951) [from the opera "Atlantide"]
Les folies mazarguaises, suite provençale gaie, orchestra (1951) [from the ballet]
    - Carnaval
    - La Sainte-Cécile
    - Fête de la Saint-Éloi
    - Idylle à Sormiou
    - Final
Nuits de Provençe, évocations symphoniques, orchestra (1951)
    - Les baux (Messe de minuit de Noël)
    - Les Saintes-Marie de la mer (Nostalgie)
    - Nuit de la Saint-Éloi (Le bal des poissonnières)
    - Les antiques (Cortège nocturne)
    - Nuit de la Saint-Jean (Rondo final)
Impressions cyrnéennes, suite, orchestra (1952)
Les Noces de cendres, suite, orchestra (1952) [from the ballet]
    - Prélude (Le retour)
    - Danse triste
    - Scherzo fantastique (La guerre)
    - Lento (plainte funèbre)
    - Andante (La jeune fille et la mort)
La moresca ballet, suite de danses, orchestra (1953) [arr. 1965(?) from the opera "Sampiero Corso"]
Trois Lettres de mon Moulin, images provençales d'après Alphonse Daudet, suite, orchestra (1954) [from film score]
    - Les trois messes basses
    - Le secret de Maître Cornille
    - L’élixir du R.P.Gaucher
Théodore 1er, roi des Corses, suite, chamber orchestra (1954) [1958?] ["Théodore premier ..."] [Overture to an operetta?]
Sinfonietta provençale: le tombeau de Mireille, chamber orchestra (1958)
    - Pastorale
    - Cadence
    - Nocturne
    - Tambourin
Marché kabyle et danse des jeunes filles berbères, chamber orchestra (1958)
Jabadao, poème symphonique, orchestra (1959) [suite(?) from ballet]
Tahitiennes de Gauguin, orchestra (1963)
Symphonie du Tiers-Monde (Third World Symphony) (à la mémoire d'Berlioz), orch (1967) [based on text by Aimé Césaire]
Chant pour le Vietnam, poème symphonique, orchestra (1968) [inspired by text of J.P. Sartre]
Danseuses de Degas, solo harp and strings (1969) ["pièce symphonique pour harpe et cordes"]

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Obsessions: sur un rythme de habanera, cello and orchestra (1927) [also arr. for cello and piano]
Cyrnos, poème symphonique, piano and orchestra ["pour orchestre et piano principal"] (1929) [also arr. for 2 pianos]
Capriccio, violin and orchestra (1931) [1932?]
Ballade, alto saxophone and orchestra (1938) [also arr. for alto saxophone and piano]
Concerto in F (Flute Concerto), flute and orchestra (1944)
Concertino in E major, flute and orchestra (pub. 1946)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1948)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (1949)
Introduction et danse, clarinet (or alto saxophone) and chamber orchestra (or piano) (1949)
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1950)
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (1954)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1956)
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1956)
Concerto for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra (1958)
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1958)
Cinq danses sacreés et profanes, solo instrument and piano (or chamber orchestra) (1961) [also arr. for woodwind quintet, 1963]
    - Danse agreste [oboe and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse profane [horn and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse sacrée [tuba (or trombone, or bass saxophone) and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse nuptiale [clarinet and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse guerrière [bassoon and piano, or chamber orchestra]
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1962) ["Le retour d'Ulysse"]
Semaine sainte à Cuzco, trumpet/piccolo trumpet, string orchestra and timpani (or piano, or organ) (1962)
Variations grégoriennes sur un Salve Regina, trumpet and string orchestra [and harp?] (1963) [also for trumpet and organ]
Concerto de printemps, flute and chamber orchestra (1965)
Pastorales provençales, 2 guitars, flute/picc and string orch (1965) [arr. of "Sinfonietta provençale", 1958]
    - Paysage
    - Cadences [1. Variation en soli; 2. Variation; 3. Variation giocoso]
    - Nocturne
    - Tambourin
Concerto for Two Guitars and Orch (1966) [in Grove's; no other info on this work found - possible mislisting of "Pastorales provençales"???]
Highland's Ballade, ballade écossaise, solo harp and chamber orchestra [oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings] (1966)
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (1967-68) ["À la mémoire d'un poète assassiné Federico Garcia Lorca"]
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1968)
Danseuses de Degas, solo harp and strings (1969) ["pièce symphonique pour harpe et cordes"]
Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra (1970)

Chorus w/Orchestra
Gros nuages gris, contralto, female chorus and chamber orchestra (????)[text: H. Charasson][Créé à radio-Marseille] -H. LEMOINE
Pastorale, chorus and orchestra (????) - HENRY LEMOINE
Coriolan, cantata, [chorus and orchestra?] (1927) [text: Guy de Téramond] [work which won Tomasi the "Prix du Rome"]
Tam-tam, poème symphonique, soprano, male chorus and orchestra (1931)
Ajax, épisode lyrique en 6 tableaux, [soloists?], chorus and orchestra (1934) [text: J. Maigret, after Sophocles] - HENRY LEMOINE
Dio vi salvi Regina, hymne religieux corse, chorus, organ and orchestra (1936) ["reconstitué et harmonisé par H. Tomasi"]
Messe en Ré, soloists, chorus, chamber orch & organ (1943?) [essai de messe profane, sur Paul Verlaine's "Liturgies intimes"]
Requiem pour la paix, 4 soloists, chorus and orchestra (1943-44)
Procession nocturne, soprano, chorus (ad lib.), brass & perc (1947) [text: O. V. de L. Milosz] [from opera "Don Juan de Mañara"]
La nuit obscure de Saint Jean de la Croix, orchestra, w/mezzo-soprano (ad lib.) & optional chorus (1950) [oratorio?; ballet?]
La triomphe de Jeanne, opera (1955; fp. 1956) [libretto: Tomasi and Philippe Soupault] [sometimes listed as "oratorio"]
Noa-Noa, tenor (or baritone), chorus and orchestra (1957) [text: "Poèmes Tahitiens" by Paul Gauguin]
    - Vivo I
    - Vivo II
    - Parahi te Marae
Trajectoires, chorus & orch (1958) [composed for Philips Pavilion/Brussels World Fair; only audio recording remains, no score]
Dassine, Sultane du Hoggar, chorus and orchestra (1961) [from ballet, 1959?] [105'] - HENRY LEMOINE
La chèvre de Monsieur Séguin, conte lyrique, soprano, children's chorus and orchestra (1963)
Deux ballades en prose, 3 sopranos, baritone, female/children's chorus, speaker & chamber orch (1964) [text: after A. Daudet]
    - La mort du petit Dauphin
    - Monsieur le sous-préfet aux champs
Retour à Tipasa, secular cantata, speaker, male chorus and orchestra (1966) [text: based on "L'ete" by Albert Camus]

Arrangements
Devin du village, chorus and chamber orchestra (????) [arr. of work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau]
Jésus est né Noël, chorus and orchestra (????) [arr. of work by Vincent Scotto]
Noël minuit chrétien, chorus and chamber orchestra (????) [arr. of "Cantique de Noël" by Adolphe Adam]

Choral
Ajax, chorus [a cappella] (pub. 1935) [text: Julien Maigret]
Deux mélodies de H. Charasson, alto and female chorus (1941)
Messe de minuit, children's choir, galoubet (recorder-like flute), oboe, celeste, vibraphone and 3 guitars (1960)
Messe de la nativité (Suite de Noëls Provençaux), 2 and 3-part children's chorus, ob, EH, bsn, hn, hp and perc (1960)
    ["messe de minuit avec 'Pastrage'(offrande) - thème et variations sur de vieux noëls provençaux"]
Noëls provençaux, children's chorus and instruments (1961) - ??? same as "Douze Noëls de Saboly"???
Douze Noëls de Saboly, 2 or 3-part chorus, with or w/o piano (or instr. ensemble) (1961) [based on arrangements by N. Saboly]
    - Les pastoureaux on fait une assemblée [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - Trois rois sont en campagne [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - Guillaume, Toinet et Pierre [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - Les plus sages [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - Venez, enfants du Seigneur! [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - De bon matin [choeurs à 2 voix égales]
    - Ah! la bonne fortune [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
    - Quand la minuit sonnait [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
    - Saint Joseph m'a dit [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
    - O berger, dans la montagne [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
    - Le noir taudis de la mauvaise étable [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
    - Ture-lure-lure [choeurs à 3 voix égales]
Douze chants de l'Ile de Corse (12 Corsican Songs), female chorus (1961)
    - Vocero I [2-part equal voice
    - Chanson politique
    - Serenade-barcarolle
    - Ninina (Berceuse)
    - U merre pastore (Chanson satirique / satyrique)
    - Lamentu di Stanettu (Complainte sur la mort d'un âne) [complainte humoristique]
    - O pescator dell'onda (Chanson de pêcheurs) [O Piscador Di l'Onda]
    - Vocero II
    - O zi' Andri (Ronde humoristique) [O ziu Andria]
    - Nana (Berceuse)
    - Vocero III
    - U mercante in fiera
Dix-huit chants populaires de l'île de Corse, voice, 4 Eng hn, 2 gtr & celeste (1962) [arr. by 1971 for 3 or 4-part female chorus]
    - Vocero, 4 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 1]
    - Barcarolle: Sérénade, 3 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 2]
    - Chanson politique, 3 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 3]
    - Lamentu di Spanettu, 3 female voices & accompaniment (1962) [Chant seul] [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 4]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 5]
    - U meru pastore: chanson satirique, 4 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 6]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 7]
    - U marcante in fiera, 3 female voices (1962) [Bonimenteurs de la foire de Niola] [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 8]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 9]
    - O piscador di l'onda: chanson de pêcheur, 3 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 10]
    - Vocero, 3 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 11]
    - O ziu'Andri, "l'Oncle André": rondo humoristique, 4 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 12]
    - Lamento: sur la mort du curé d'Alesani, 5 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 13]
    - Chanson de pêcheur: Tre marinari, 3 female voices [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 14]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 15]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 16]
    - O ciuciarella: berceuse, 4 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 17] [Ciucciarella]
    - Zilimbrina: ronde tarentelle, 4 female voices (1962) [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 18]

Harmonizations/arrangements of traditional melodies/by Henri Tomasi
Bergers, bergères: Pastre, pastresso (Noël provençal), 4 mixed voices [French trans: Paul Terrel]
Pâtres des montagnes: Pastre dei mountagno (Noël provençal), 3-part children's/female chorus [French trans: Paul Terrel]
Les Pastoureaux: lei Pastourèu (Noël provençal), 2, 3 or 4 mixed voices [French trans: Paul Terrel]
Le Cabanon de Bethléem: lou Cabanoun de Betelen (Noël provençal), 4 mixed voices [French trans: Paul Terrel]
Le Rossignolet: lou Roussignou che vola (Ronde du pays de Nice), 4 mixed voices [French trans: Paul Terrel]
La Jambe me fait mal: la Cambo me fai mau (Noël provençal), 3 or 4 mixed voices [French trans: Paul Terrel]
De boun matin (De bon matin) (Noël harm.), 2-part equal voice chorus [French trans:André Petiot]
Guihaume, Tòni, Pèire (Noël harm.), 2-part equal voice chorus [French trans:André Petiot]
Lou Queitivié d'aquéu marrit estable ( le Noir taudis de la mauvaise étable) (Noël harm.), 3-equal part chorus [Petiot]
Ai ! la bono fourtuno (Ah ! la bonne fortune) (Noël harm.), 3-equal part chorus [Fr trans:André Petiot]
Venès, enfant dóu Segnour (Venez, enfants du Seigneur) (Noël harm.), 2-part equal voice chorus [French trans:André Petiot]́
Touro-louro-louro (!Ture-lure-lure!) (Noël harm.), 3-part mixed chorus & piano (or orch) [Fr trans:André Petiot]
Sant Jósuè m'a di (Saint Joseph m'a dit) (Noël harm.), 3-part mixed chorus & piano (or orch) [Fr trans:André Petiot]
Soun tres réi en campagno (Trois rois sont en campagne) (Noël harm.), 2-equal part chorus & pf (or orch) [Fr trans:A. Petiot]
Pastre que sias i mountagno (O bergers, dans la montagne) (Noël harm.), 3-part mixed chorus, w/soloists [Fr trans: A. Petiot]
Lei Pastourèu an fach uno assemblado (les Pastoureaux ont fait une assemblée) (Noël harm.), 2-equal pt chorus & pf/orch[Petiot]
Li Plus sage (les Plus sages) (Noël harm.), 2- part mixed chorus & pf (or orch) [Fr trans:André Petiot]
Quand la miejo-nue sounavo (Quand la minuit sonnait) (Noël harm.), 3-part mixed chorus, soprano solo & piano (or orch)[Petiot]

Chamber
Variations sur un thème corse, wind quintet (1925)
Poème, violon and piano, w/string quartet ad lib. (pub. 1931)
Jeux de Geishas, suite japonaise (5 pieces), wind quintet, percussion, harp (or piano) and string quartet (1936)
    - Danse des Parasols
    - Les guerriers
    - Danse des papillons
    - Prière Bouddhique
    - Le samouraï et la geisha
Concert champêtre, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1938) [Ouverture; Minuetto; Bourrée; Nocturne; Tambourin]
Trio à cordes en ut (String Trio in C), en forme de divertissement, violin, viola and cello (1938)
Fanfares liturgiques, brass, timpani and percussion (1947) [from the opera "Don Juan de Mañara"]
Pastorale inca, flute and 2 violins (1950)
Divertimento Corsica, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and string orchestra, with harp (or piano) (1951)
Wind Quintet (1952)
Le tombeau de Mireille, galoubet (or piccolo; or oboe) and tamborine (or snare-drum, w/snares relaxed; or piano) (pub. 1959)
Suite Calandale, galoubet [recorder type flute] and tambourines (1961)
Cinq danses sacreés et profanes, solo instrument and piano (or chamber orchestra) (1961) [also arr. for woodwind quintet]
    - Danse agreste [oboe and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse profane [horn and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse sacrée [tuba (or trombone, or bass saxophone) and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse nuptiale [clarinet and piano, or chamber orchestra]
    - Danse guerrière [bassoon and piano, or chamber orchestra]
Recuerdos de los Baléares, solo percussion, 3 guitars and oboe (or piccolo); or solo percussion and piano (1962)
Être ou ne pas être (To be or not to be), bass trombone and 3 trombones (1963) ["Monologue d'Hamlet"]
Printemps, wind sextet [fl/picc, ob, cl, alto sax, hn, bsn] (1963)
Croquis (3 pieces), 2 bassoons (pub. 1963)
    - Danseuses péruviennes
    - Danseurs péruviens
    - Bouffons grecs
Danseuses de Degas, string quartet and harp (1964)
Suite, 3 trumpets (1964)
Trois pastorales, 3 flutes (pub. 1964)
Variations grégoriennes sur un Salve Regina, trumpet, string orch and harp (1964) [also for tpt, 2 harps ad lib., and organ]
Petite suite (3 pieces), 4 horns (1964)
    - Invocation inca
    - Berceuse cyrnéenne
    - Ronde niçoise
Trois Divertissements, 4 clarinets (pub. 1964)
    - Poursuites
    - Mascarade
    - Rondes
La moresca, suite de danses, 2 ob, 2 cl, bs, 2 hn, perc (1 player) & hpscd (or pf) (1965) [from opera "Sampiero Corso", 1953]
Les cyclades, sonatine, flute and alto flute (1966)
    - IOS (Invocation)
    - NAXOS (Chant d'amour)
    - DELOS (Danse du berger)
Quatuor de contrebasses, 4 double basses (1968)
Invocations et danses rituelles, flute, clarinet and harp (1969)
Danseuses de Degas, solo harp and strings (1969) ["pièce symphonique pour harpe et cordes"]

Instrument and Piano or Organ or Harp or Guitar
Obsessions: sur un rythme de habanera, cello and orchestra (1927) [also arr. for cello and piano]
Paghiella: sérénade cyrnéenne, violin and piano (1928)
Chant hébraïque, violin and piano (1929) [also arr. for violin and orch]
Poème, violin and piano, w/string quartet ad lib. (pub. 1931)
La Tristesse d'Antar, violin and piano (pub. 1931)
Chant corse, alto saxophone and piano (pub. 1932) [also arr. for many other instruments and piano]
Ballade, alto saxophone and orchestra (1938) [also arr. for alto saxophone and piano]
Complainte du jeune indien, clarinet and piano (1949)
Introduction et danse, clarinet (or alto saxophone) and chamber orchestra (or piano) (1949)
Le petit chevrier corse, flute and piano (or harp) (1952) [also arr. for flute and guitar]
Complainte et danse de Mogli, flute and piano (1953)
Nocturne, clarinet and piano (1956)
Triptyque, trumpet and piano (1958) [Scherzo; Largo; Saltarelle]
Semaine sainte à Cuzco, trumpet/piccolo trumpet, string orchestra and timpani (or piano, or organ) (1962)
Variations grégoriennes sur un Salve Regina, trumpet, string orchestra and harp (1964) [also for trumpet and organ]

Solo Instrument
Sonatine, flute solo (1949)
Six études, trumpet (1955)
Trois études de concert, oboe (1964)["cadences pour accompagner le concerto en ut de Mozart variations en forme de sonatine"]
Sonatine attique, clarinet solo (1966) ["en trois parties"]
Évocations, oboe (1967) [also for solo saxophone, or English horn]
    - Péruvienne
    - Nigérienne
    - Cambodgienne (Asparas)
    - Écossaise
Impromptu, harp (1969)
Invocation et danse, harp (pub. 1969)
Le muletier des Andes, guitar (1969)

Piano
Poème pour Cyrnos, piano (1918) [???also for chorus???]
Cyrnos, poème symphonique, piano and orchestra ["pour orchestre et piano principal"] (1929) [also arr. for 2 pianos]
Pièces brèves, piano (1929)
    Volume 1, premier suite:
        - Et s'il revenait un jour
       - Menuet [also arr. for orchestra by M. Fleurant]
        - Le lied que chante mon coeur
    Volume 2, deuxième suite
        - Parade (La parade)
        - Air à danser
        - Espiègleries
Paysages, piano (1930)
    - Marine (mouelles)
    - Clarière (matin d'éte)
    - Forêt (chants d'oiseaux)
Fantoches, piano (1931)
Scènes municipales (4 pieces), piano (pub. 1932) ["first written for orchestra"?]
    - La garde champêtre
    - Danse des charretiers
    - La timide rosière
    - Le défilé des pompiers
Tarentelle, piano (pub. 1936)
Le Coin de Claudinet (12 easy pieces), piano (pub. 1949)
    - Réveil du petit soldat
    - Poupée triste
    - Berceuse pour la petite cousine arabe
    - Petit cheval
    - Clown et l'ecuyère
    - Petit Jésus et sa maman
    - Berger, bergère (Santons)
    - Boîte à musique
    - Concert des petits anges musiciens
    - Berceuse à Claudinet
    - Rois mages
    - Tambourinaires (Santons)
Berceuse, piano (1959)

Vocal
Cloches, sonnez pour notre amour ("Pâques fleuries"), baritone and chamber orchestra (????) [text: Charles Oulmont] - ESCHIG
Nuit d'hiver, voice and piano (????)
Six mélodies populaires corses, high voice and orchestra (or piano) (1930) [text: Lorenzi de Bradi]
    - Ninina (Ninni Nanna / Berceuse)
    - Chanson de la pipe (Canzona di a pippa)
    - Vocero (Vòceru / Complainte funèbre)
    - O ciuciarella
    - Lamento (Lamentu / Complainte)
    - Zilimbrina (Chant de la balançoire)
Chansons des sables, voice and orchestra (or piano) (1931) [text: Julien Maigret] [from "Tam-tam", 1931]
Cantu di Cirnu (Chants de Cyrnos) (4 songs), high voice and ensemble (or piano) (1931) [text: Santu Casanova] [1933?/1936?]
    [ensemble: fl, cl, perc, glockenspiel, gtr (or harp), accordian, strings]
    - Cantu di Malincunia (Chant de mélancolie)
    - Le Marchand à la Foire
    - Sirinatu (Sérénade)
    - Lamento sur la mort d'un âne
Deux mélodies de Paul Fort, voice and orchestra (1931) [text: Paul Fort]
    - Par les dunes
    - Cloche d’aube
Clairières dans le ciel, voice and orchestra (or piano) (1931) [text: Francis Jammes] ["Deux mélodies de Francis Jammes"]
    - Tristesses
    - Une goutte de pluie
Quatre chants corses, voice and orchestra (or piano) (1932) [text: Arrighi and Leca]
    - Lamentu d'u trenu
    - Sérénade complainte
    - Nanna / Berceuse
    - U meru pastore
Chant corse, vocalise-etude, voice [and piano?] (1932)
Cinq chants laotiens, baritone or alto and orchestra (or piano) (1933) [text: Louis Laloy, and Joseph Trillat]
    - En forêt
    - Le rendez-vous
    - Les haleurs du Mékong
    - Les filles
    - Le joueur de Khène
Quatre chants de Geishas (Chansons de geishas), voice and orchestra (or piano) (1935) [text: Réne Dumesnil]
    - Attente
    - Printemps
    - Kawai (Chant et danse de la Geisha)
    - Fête à Katsushita
Chansons écossaises (3 songs), high voice and orchestra (or piano) (1935) [text: R. Talba]
    - O joli lutin des bois
    - Pourquoi belle su si doux regard
    - Vien, mignonne dans les bois
Sérénade vénitienne: barcarolle, soprano (or tenor) and orchestra (or piano) (pub. 1937) [text: René Davenay]
Mélodies de Francis Carco (4 songs), voice and orchestra (or piano) (1938) @ UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
    - Prière
    - Rengaine
    - ???
    - ???
Chanson de marin, low voice and orchestra (pub. 1938) [text: Henri Vermeil]
C'était un baiser: chanson blues, voice and orchestra (or piano) (pub. 1938) [text: Henri Vermeil]
O pescador dell'onda, d'après un vieux thème populaire corse, voice & pf (pub. 1939)[text: J.Marietti] [from film "Frères corses"]
Invocation à la lune, low voice and piano (1939) [arr. from ballet "La féerie laotienne, 1939]
Deux mélodies de H. Charasson, alto and female chorus (1941) [text: H. Charasson]
La flûte et le chevrier, alto voice, flute, viola and harp (1941)
Le chant de la fée des îles, voice and chamber orch (or pf) (1944)[1947?] [text: Jean-Louis][from radio play "Le chant des îles"]
Le bonheur est dans le pré, soprano and piano (1945) [text: Paul Fort]
Procession nocturne, soprano, chorus (ad lib.), brass & perc (1947) [text: O. V. de L. Milosz] [from opera "Don Juan de Mañara"]
La nuit obscure de Saint Jean de la Croix, orchestra, w/mezzo-soprano (ad lib.) & optional chorus, 1950) [oratorio?; ballet?]
Berceuse de Vannina, voice and piano (1953) [from the opera "Sampiero Corso"]
Vanina blanche colombe air, voice and orchestra (1953) [from the opera "Sampiero Corso"]
Credo, tenor and orchestra (or organ; or piano) (1956) [text: after "Liturgies intimes" by Paul Verlaine]
Noa-Noa, tenor (or baritone), chorus and orchestra (1957) [text: "Poèmes Tahitiens" by Paul Gauguin]
Le silence de la mer, drame lyrique in 1 act, baritone solo and orchestra (1959; fp. 1963) [libretto: Tomasi, after Vercors]
Dix-huit chants populaires de l'île de Corse, voice, 4 Eng hn, 2 gtr & celeste (1962) [arr. by 1971 for 3 or 4-part female chorus]
**** HENRY LEMOINE ****
    - Vocero [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 1]
    - Barcarolle: Sérénade [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 2]
    - Chanson politique [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 3]
    - Lamentu di Spanettu [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 4]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 5]
    - U meru pastore: chanson satirique [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 6]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 7]
    - U marcante in fiera [Bonimenteurs de la foire de Niola] [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 8] [also arr. for voice & pf]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 9]
    - O piscador di l'onda: chanson de pêcheur [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 10]
    - Vocero [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 11]
    - O ziu'Andri, "l'Oncle André": rondo humoristique [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 12]
    - Lamento: sur la mort du curé d'Alesani [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 13]
    - Chanson de pêcheur: Tre marinari [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 14]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 15]
    - ??? [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 16]
    - O ciuciarella: berceuse [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 17] [Ciucciarella]
    - Zilimbrina: ronde tarentelle [Chants populaires de l'île de Corse No. 18]
Deux ballades en prose, 3 sopranos, baritone, female/children's chorus, speaker & chamber orch (1964) [text: after A. Daudet]
    - La mort du petit Dauphin
    - Monsieur le sous-préfet aux champs

SONGS
I. Lamentu D'un Banditu
II. Minicola

Incidental/Œuvres radiophoniques
Ajax, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques (1934) [to play by J. Maigret, after Sophocles] - see "Chorus w/Orch"
Miguel Mañara, music for a radio play (1935) [transformed into opera of the same name]
Le chant des îles, music for radio play (1944)
Daniel et les songes, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques, chamber ens (????)["scènes tirés de la radiophonie du livre de Daniel"]
Dolorès, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques, chamber orchestra (????)
Enfance de La Fontaine, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques, voice & chamber orch/soloists, chorus and orch (????)/LEMOINE
Mer très douce (Mère très douce), [incid. music?], [contralto?, female chorus?], chamber orch (???) [text: H. Charasson] - LEMOINE
Mers du Sud - Évocation Maori, comédie musicale, œuvre radiophoniques, chorus & orch (????)[text: Julien Maigret]/LEMOINE
Mort du silence, [incidental music?], chamber orchestra (????) - HENRY LEMOINE
La Passion, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques, orchestra (????)
Les Perses, incid. music/œuvre radiophoniques, chorus and orchestra (????) - HENRY LEMOINE
Le Scarabée d’or, radiophonie en 3 actes et 10 tableaux du conte de E. Poe, chorus and orchestra (????) - HENRY LEMOINE

Film
Légions d'honneur (Legions of Honor), film score (1938) [dir: Maurice Gleize]
Le récif de corail (Coral Reefs), film score (1939)
Les Frères corses, film score (1939)
Forbidden Love, film score (1940) [original title: Homme du Niger]
L'île d'amour, film score (1944)
Naïs, film score (1945) [dir: M. Pagnol and Raymond Leboursier] [also music by Vincent Scotto]
Les santons (1946) [short film about the ballet performed at the Paris Opera]
Week-end américain, documentary film score (1946)
Sous terre et sous mer, documentary film score (1946)
Chasses excentriques, documentary film score (1946)
Femelles meurtrières, documentary film score (1946)
Gangsters de la forêt, documentary film score (1946)
Ermite au pays des crabes, documentary film score (1946)
Marécages, documentary film score (1946)
Mystères de Neptune, documentary film score (1946)
Pays désertiques, documentary film score (1946)
Colomba, film score (1948)
Au bout de la route, film score (1948)
Côte d'Ivoire, film score (1951)
L'Ile de lumière, film score (1951) [dir:Cousinet]
Les Lettres de mon moulin (Letters from My Windmill), film score (1954) [dir: M. Pagnol]
Bonne peinture, [film score?] (????)
Demande en mariage, [film score?] (????)

Worldcat
Les Gars de la Provence : Défilé marche..., arrangé pour harmonie ou fanfare [avec conducteur si bémol] par E. Alf. Borda
Cusi solu : Si seul. Lamentu corse. Paroles de Domi Spada/Ed. musicales d'adaptations cinématographiques Europa), 1946

Translations? - "scènes tirés"

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Composer website (L'Association Henri Tomasi) [in English here]   . . . inquire about Henri Tomasi: here

Tomasi @ Wikipedia
Tomasi @ Wikipedia.fr (in French)
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Tomasi @ ABEL Central (Advanced Brass Ensemble Literature Course Blog)
Tomasi @ Accademia Corsa
Tomasi @ Alphonse Leduc - Editions Musicales (in French)
Tomasi @ Answers.com
Tomasi @ Arethusa Ensemble
Tomasi @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Tomasi @ Classical.com
Tomasi @ Classical Archives
Tomasi @ Classical Composers Database
Tomasi @ Classical Connect
Tomasi @ Classical Net
Tomasi @ ClassicsToday
Tomasi @ composition:today
Tomasi @ espaceculture.net (in French)
Tomasi @ Facebook
Tomasi @ Foro General de Música Clásica
Tomasi @ GMN Classical Plus
Tomasi @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Tomasi @ InstantEncore
Tomasi @ Karadar Classical Music
Tomasi @ MusicWeb International
Tomasi @ musicologie.org (in French)
Tomasi @ musique.opus-31 (in French)
Tomasi @ Naxos
Tomasi @ The New York Times
Tomasi @ opera-collection.net
Tomasi @ opera-lille (in French)
Tomasi @ Penta di casinca (in French)
Tomasi @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Tomasi @ Requiemsurvey.org
Tomasi @ Robert Martin Music (in French)
Tomasi @ Le site du hautbois (in French)

Publisher
Tomasi @ Alphonse Leduc - Editions Musicales    also    here
Tomasi @ Gerard Billaudot Editeur - search with keywords "Henri Tomasi"
Tomasi @ Chester Novello
Tomasi @ Editions Choudens
Tomasi @ Delrieu
Tomasi @ Enoch & Cie [G. Schirmer/Chester Novello]
Tomasi @ Editions Max Eschig
Tomasi @ Heugel [Alphonse Leduc]
Tomasi @ Editions Henry Lemoine    also    here
Tomasi @ United Music Publishers

Streaming Audio
Tomasi @ Classical Archives
Tomasi @ Classical Connect
Tomasi @ GMN Classical Plus
Tomasi @ last.fm
Tomasi @ Rhapsody.com
Tomasi @ SoundCloud (via Google Advanced Search)

Recordings
Tomasi @ Amazon.com
Tomasi @ ArkivMusic
Tomasi @ CD Universe
Tomasi @ ClassicsOnline
Tomasi @ Discogs
Tomasi @ itunes

Video
Tomasi @ YouTube
Tomasi @ Google Video
Tomasi @ Ina.fr
Tomasi @ Mareterraniu Productions
Tomasi @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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