Nicolas Roze
Abbé Nicolas Roze (born January 17, 1745 in Bourgneuf-Val-d'Or , † September 30, 1819 in St. Mandé ) was a French music teacher and composer .
Life
From the age of 7 Roze received his training as a choirboy at the collegiate church Notre-Dame de Beaune . He received composition lessons from a certain Jean-Marie Rousseau in Dijon. From 1767 to 1769 he was Kapellmeister at Notre-Dame de Beaune. In 1769 he moved to Paris, during which time he was commissioned by Antoine Dauvergne , director of the Paris Opera , to compose a motet for the Concert spirituel . From 1770 to 1775 Roze was Kapellmeister at Angers Cathedral and then returned to Paris, where he was Kapellmeister at the Église des Innocents . Here was his student Jean-François Lesueur sous-maître de musique. Since he was denied a job in the royal chapel, he worked as a private thoroughbass and harmony teacher from 1779 , during which time he published a work on harmony that was published by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde . In 1807 he became head of the library at the Paris Conservatory . In 1814, Roze, with François-Joseph Gossec and Étienne Ozi, was one of the authors of a Méthode de serpent pour le service du culte et le service militaire .
Roze composed church music and wrote musicological writings, including on Gregorian chant .
He was a member of the Masonic lodges Les Cœurs Simples de l'Étoile Polaire (1778–1779), Saint-Jean d'Écosse du Contrat Social (1783), L'Olympique de la Parfaite Estime and from 1806 Neuf Sœurs .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Nicolas Roze in the International Music Score Library Project
- Literature by and about Nicolas Roze in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roze, Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbé Roze |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourgneuf-Val-d'Or , Bourgogne , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1819 |
| Place of death | St. Mandé , Seine department , France |