Jean-Baptiste Cardonne

Jean-Baptiste Cardonne (called Philibert ; born June 26, 1730 in Versailles , † after August 1792) was a French composer , harpsichordist and singer.

Live and act

His middle name Philibert first appears in Fétis . The publications and manuscripts of his time, however, only bear the designation M. Cardonne. His father was the first official ("premier commis") of the royal house. Jean-Baptiste Cardonne began his career as a royal page and received his musical education from François Collin de Blamont . He was considered a child prodigy; as a 13-year-old he composed a motet for large choir, which was before King Louis XV. was performed. Other works by him appeared in the programs of the royal chapel at Versailles and in the Concert spirituel . In 1745 he became a member of the royal band as a singer and harpsichordist, and in the 1750s he sang in the choir of the theater of the Marquise de Pompadour . For the next decade he enjoyed the favor of the royal court, especially Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony and the daughters of Louis XV, for whom he was commissioned to write harpsichord sonatas and arietas.

From 1768 he was retired from his court office and now turned to the opera. First he set the tragedy Omphale by La Motte to music, which, with the music by Destouches , had been heavily criticized in 1752, especially by Grimm . Cardonne tried to approximate the ideas of the two parties in the Buffonist dispute, but with moderate success. In 1780, after the death of Pierre-Montan Berton , he succeeded him as the king's music master. He kept this position until August 1792, but after the fall of the monarchy in September of that year, there are no more reports about him.

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Jean-Baptiste Cardonne composed several motets, five operas, " Six Sonates en trio ", " Premier Live Sonates pour le clavecin avec accompagnement du violon ", 6 sonatas for harpsichord and violin, 2 symphonies and concerts.

literature

Jean Gribenski, Alice Sorel-Nitzberg: Cardonne, Jean-Baptiste. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 4 (Camarella - Couture). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1114-4 , Sp. 188–191 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Vol. 3.

Web links

List of stage works by Jean-Baptiste Cardonne based on the MGG at Operone
Sheet music and audio files by Jean-Baptiste Cardonne in the International Music Score Library Project
Deanne Arkus Klein: Cardonne, Jean-Baptiste. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Individual evidence

^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Volume 3: CA-DZ. Meline, Cans & Cie., Bruxelles 1837, p. 47 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Cardonne, Jean-Baptiste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cardonne, Philibert; Cardonne, M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French composer, harpsichordist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH	Versailles
DATE OF DEATH	after August 1792

[1] François-Joseph Fétis: Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Volume 3: CA-DZ. Meline, Cans & Cie., Bruxelles 1837, p. 47 f. ( Digitized version ).