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Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838 – 24 November 1889) was an English composer known principally for songs and his music written for the stage.Although from a musical family, for 16 years Clay made his living as a civil servant in HM Treasury, composing in his spare time, until a legacy in 1873 enabled him to become a full-time composer. He had his first big stage success with Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert, for the small Gallery of Illustration; it ran well and was repeatedly revived. Clay, a great friend of his fellow composer Arthur Sullivan, introduced the latter to Gilbert, leading to the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership.

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  • Frederic Emes Clay (París, 3 d'agost de 1838 – , 24 de novembre de 1889), va ser un compositor anglès conegut principalment per la seva música escrita per a l'escenari. Clay, fou gran amic d'Arthur Sullivan, va escriure quatre òperes còmiques amb W. S. Gilbert i va ser presentat pels dos artistes. Estudià música a París i Leipzig, sota la direcció de Molique i Moritz Hauptmann, respectivament. Excepció feta d'algunes cançons i de dues cantates, The Knights of the cross (1866) i Lalla Roohk (1877), totes les seves composicions foren escrites per al teatre, encara que el seu més gran títol per la immortalitat fos la seva creació de I'll sing thee songs of Araby. Se li deuen dues òperes , estrenada al Covent Garden el 1862, a la qual li seguiren (1865), (1869), i (1875), destacant les dues últimes. Després d'un llarg interval tornà a l'escena amb i , ambdues de 1883. Víctima d'una paràlisi que li amargà els últims anys de la seva vida, deixà d'escriure. (ca)
  • Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838 – 24 November 1889) was an English composer known principally for songs and his music written for the stage.Although from a musical family, for 16 years Clay made his living as a civil servant in HM Treasury, composing in his spare time, until a legacy in 1873 enabled him to become a full-time composer. He had his first big stage success with Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert, for the small Gallery of Illustration; it ran well and was repeatedly revived. Clay, a great friend of his fellow composer Arthur Sullivan, introduced the latter to Gilbert, leading to the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership. In addition to Gilbert, Clay's librettists during his 24-year career included B. C. Stephenson, Tom Taylor, T. W. Robertson, Robert Reece and G. R. Sims. The last of his four pieces with Gilbert was Princess Toto (1875), which had short runs in the West End and in New York. Clay's other compositions include cantatas and numerous individual songs. His last two works were both successful operas composed in 1883, The Merry Duchess and The Golden Ring. He then suffered a stroke that paralysed him at the age of 44 and ended his career. The historian Kurt Gänzl has called Clay "the first significant composer of the modern era of British musical theatre", but even his most successful stage works were soon eclipsed by those of Gilbert and Sullivan. During his lifetime he was best known for his parlour songs, which were familiar throughout Britain. Clay's music was widely regarded as not particularly original or memorable, but musicianly and pleasing. (en)
  • Frederic Emes Clay, né le 3 août 1838 – mort le 24 novembre 1889, est un compositeur britannique surtout connu pour sa musique de scène. Clay, grand ami de Arthur Sullivan, écrit quatre opéras comiques avec William S. Gilbert et présente les deux hommes l'un à l'autre. Fonctionnaire au Département du Trésor, Clay commence à composer sérieusement au début des années 1860. Son premier grand succès est (en) (1869), bref opéra comique sur un livret de William S. Gilbert pour la petite Royal Gallery of Illustration. D'autres pièces avec Gilbert et autres lui succèdent et Clay se tourne vers la composition à temps plein après la mort de son père en 1873. Cette année-là, il compose une version bien accueillie de l'opéra-bouffe The Black Crook pour l'Alhambra Theatre. La dernière pièce de Clay avec Gilbert est (en) (1875). Il est également l'auteur de deux cantates. Ses deux dernières compositions sont deux opéras à succès composés en 1883, The Merry Duchess et The Golden Ring. Il est ensuite victime d'un accident vasculaire cérébral qui le laisse paralysé à 44 ans. (fr)
  • Фредерик Эмес Клей (англ. Frederic Clay; 3 августа 1838, Париж — 24 ноября 1889, Лондон) — английский композитор. (ru)
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  • Фредерик Эмес Клей (англ. Frederic Clay; 3 августа 1838, Париж — 24 ноября 1889, Лондон) — английский композитор. (ru)
  • Frederic Emes Clay (París, 3 d'agost de 1838 – , 24 de novembre de 1889), va ser un compositor anglès conegut principalment per la seva música escrita per a l'escenari. Clay, fou gran amic d'Arthur Sullivan, va escriure quatre òperes còmiques amb W. S. Gilbert i va ser presentat pels dos artistes. Se li deuen dues òperes , estrenada al Covent Garden el 1862, a la qual li seguiren (1865), (1869), i (1875), destacant les dues últimes. Després d'un llarg interval tornà a l'escena amb i , ambdues de 1883. Víctima d'una paràlisi que li amargà els últims anys de la seva vida, deixà d'escriure. (ca)
  • Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838 – 24 November 1889) was an English composer known principally for songs and his music written for the stage.Although from a musical family, for 16 years Clay made his living as a civil servant in HM Treasury, composing in his spare time, until a legacy in 1873 enabled him to become a full-time composer. He had his first big stage success with Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert, for the small Gallery of Illustration; it ran well and was repeatedly revived. Clay, a great friend of his fellow composer Arthur Sullivan, introduced the latter to Gilbert, leading to the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership. (en)
  • Frederic Emes Clay, né le 3 août 1838 – mort le 24 novembre 1889, est un compositeur britannique surtout connu pour sa musique de scène. Clay, grand ami de Arthur Sullivan, écrit quatre opéras comiques avec William S. Gilbert et présente les deux hommes l'un à l'autre. (fr)
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  • Frederic Clay (ca)
  • Frederic Clay (en)
  • Frederic Clay (fr)
  • Клей, Фредерик (ru)
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