Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (born May 12, 1703 in Turin , † January 11, 1755 in Paris ) was a French composer , harpsichordist and singer.
Life
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, whose father worked at the court of Savoy in Turin, received musical training at an early age. In 1725 he moved to Paris and made his first appearance as a composer with the setting of several comedies by Alexis Piron . In 1734 he first shared the position of “Maître de musique des Enfants de France” with Jean-Baptiste Matho (1663–1743), ie he was the music teacher for the children of King Louis XV. , and became the sole owner of this position after Mathos' death. In 1753, shortly before his death, he became director of the royal chamber music and orchestra director of the opera . From 1748 he was joint director of the Concerts spirituels with Gabriel Capperan . During this time the concert hall was modernized and an organ was installed.
Works
- In 1746 he published his "Pièces de Clavecin", dedicated to the royal princesses.
- 1750 Requiem aeternam by Jean Gilles , revised by Royer (December, 1750 Paris)
Stage works
- 1725 Le fâcheux veuvage , opéra-comique, libretto by Alexis Piron
- 1726 Crédit est mort , opéra-comique Libretto Alexis Piron
- 1730 Pyrrhus , tragédie lyrique in 5 acts and prologue (October 1730, Académie royale de musique)
- 1739 Zaïde, pure de Grenade libretto, La Marre, Ballet héroïque in 3 acts (September 1739, Opéra de Paris)
- 1743 Le pouvoir de l'Amour , ballet héroïque, libretto, CH Le Fèvre de Saint-Marc (April 1743, Académie royale de musique)
- 1746 Ode à la Fortune , libretto by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau , (December 1746, Paris, Concert spirituel)
- 1748 Almasis , opéra-ballet, libretto by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif , (February 1748, Versailles)
- 1750 Myrtil et Zélie , pastorale héroïque (June 1750, Versailles)
- 1751 Venite exultemus , motet pour baryton-basse, deux instruments et basse continue (December 1751, Concert Spirituel)
- 1752 Prométhée et Pandore with a revised libretto of Pandore by Voltaire . First performed on October 5, 1752 in the salon of Jeanne-Louise Constance d'Aumont, Marquise and later Duchesse de Villeroy (1731–1816).
literature
- Norbert Dufourcq (ed.): La musique à la cour de Louis XIV et de Louis XV d'après les Mémoires de (Louis-François de Bouschet Marquis de) Sourches et (Charles-Philippe d'Albert Duc de) Luynes, 1681- 1758. Extraits . Picard, Paris 1970, ( La vie musicale en France sous les rois Bourbons 17).
- Lionel Sawkins: Classic and Baroque. Paris and the Esterházy court . In: Haydn Society Newsletter 10, 1990, ZDB -ID 1278704-8 , pp. 5-17.
- Lionel Sawkins: A French bonbon for the Spanish Bourbons: Royer's Zaïde, pure de Grenade . In: Revista de musicología 16, 1993, ISSN 0210-1459 , ( International Musicological Society Congress Report 15), pp. 2988-3003.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Royer, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, harpsichordist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1755 |
| Place of death | Paris |