Jean-François Tapray

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Jean-François Tapray (* around 1738 in Nomeny (Lorraine); † between 1800 and 1818, possibly in Fontainebleau ) was a French classical composer , organist and harpsichordist.

Life

Jean-François Tapray received his first musical training from his father Jean Taperet, who held positions as organist in various cities in eastern France. He also gave keyboard lessons to seven other children, some of whom were well-known musicians during their lifetime. Jean-François Tapray is said to have received further lessons from a Monsieur Dancier, an alleged student of Domenico Scarlatti .

At the age of fifteen, Tapray became organist and maître de musique at the “Notre Dame” collegiate church in Dole , which had an organ built by Karl Joseph Riepp . In 1758 Tapray published his first concertos for harpsichord and strings. At the age of 25 he was appointed organist at the Besançon Cathedral , which also had a Riepp organ. From 1768 he had longer stays in Paris, where he worked as a composer and harpsichord teacher. In 1772 he finally settled in the capital and became titular organist at the new organ of the École royale Militaire , a position that he noted until the end as a reference in his publications, although he left there in 1786 for health reasons.

In April 1778 he performed a concertante symphony at the Concert spirituel . After that he was mainly active as a piano teacher, so the daughters of the opera composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry were his students. In 1793 and 1794, Tapray conducted several orchestral concerts at Fontainebleau Castle. His last work, a piano sonata for four hands, was published in 1799. Various sources contradict each other about the time of his death. François-Joseph Fétis , who had lived in Paris for a short time, put the year of his death at 1818, this has so far been documented.

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Tapray's works span the transition from the harpsichord to the pianoforte time. In some works he used both instruments side by side in contrasts. As was often the case in the 18th century, piano sonatas are accompanied by a violin or cello, while the keyboard instrument takes on the melodic part. Tapay's music follows the graceful style that was common in France before the Revolution.

  • Op. 1 - 6 concerti for harpsichord or organ, 3 violins, violoncello obligato (1758)
  • Op. 1 - 6 sonatas for harpsichord and violin ad libitum (1770)
  • Op. 2 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord and violin ad libitum (1770)
  • Op. 3 - Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (1771)
  • Op. 4 - 4 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte (1773, No. 1–3 with obbligato instruments)
  • Op. 5 - 4 Sonates en trio for harpsichord, violin and viola (1776)
  • Op. 6 - 3 Sonates en trio for harpsichord or pianoforte, violin and viola (1777)
  • Op. 7 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord, violin and bass (1778)
  • Op. 8 - Symphonie concertante for harpsichord, pianoforte and orchestra (1778)
  • Op. 9 - Symphonie concertante for harpsichord, pianoforte, violin and orchestra (1778)
  • Op. 10 - 6 sonatas for harpsichord and accompanying violin (1779)
  • Op. 11 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte (1780)
  • Op. 12 - Symphony for harpsichord and orchestra (1780)
  • Op. 13 - Symphonie concertante for harpsichord, pianoforte and orchestra (1783)
  • Op. 15 - Symphonie concertante for harpsichord, pianoforte and orchestra ad libitum (around 1782/83)
  • Op. 16 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte and 2 violins ad libitum (1784)
  • Op. 17 - 6 sonatas for pianoforte (1784)
  • Op. 18 - 2 quartets for harpsichord or pianoforte, clarinet or violin, viola, bassoon or cello (1784)
  • Op. 19 - Quatuor concertant for harpsichord or pianoforte, flute or violin, viola, bassoon or violoncello (1784)
  • Op. 20 - Quatuor concertant (1784)
  • Op. 21 - 2 symphonies for harpsichord and orchestra (1784)
  • Op. 22 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte (1785)
  • Op. 23 - 2 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte, violin and violoncello (1788)
  • Op. 24 - 3 sonatas for harpsichord or pianoforte and violin ad libitum (1788)
  • Op. 25 - 6 " Sonates très faciles " for harpsichord and violin ad libitum (1789)
  • Op. 28 - 3 sonatas for pianoforte
  • Op. 29 - " Sonate pour pianoforte à quatre mains " (1799)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tapray's curriculum vitae on the Mozartforum.com website ( Memento from January 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ MGG , 2nd edition, vol. 16, pp. 500–501.
  3. ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1865) .
personal data
SURNAME Tapray, Jean-François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taperet, Jean-François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist, pianist and classical composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Nomeny (Lorraine)
DATE OF DEATH after 1800
Place of death uncertain: Fontainebleau