Pascal Collasse
Pascal Collasse (Colasse, Colase) (baptized January 22, 1649 in Reims , † July 17, 1709 in Versailles ) was a French composer .
After his training in Paris he first became a student, later secretary to Jean-Baptiste Lully , and in 1683 he became music master of the Royal Chapel. However, permission to build an opera in Lille (1700) brought him no luck. The opera house was destroyed by fire. The always jealous and very intent on its unique position Lully accused him, in composing his operas from him off to have. Collasse turned away from music, disappointed, and tried his hand at alchemy .
Collasse had success with his instrumental works; his ten or so operas are actually very similar to the works of Lully. The audience preferred the works of Lully.
His main work is the tragédie lyrique called Thétis et Pelée ( Thetis and Peleus , 1689), to which Fontenelle wrote the text. His tragédie lyrique Astrée premiered in 1691 at the Académie Royale de musique in Paris.
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| SURNAME | Collasse, Pascal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colasse; Colase |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized January 22, 1649 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reims |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1709 |
| Place of death | Versailles |