Antoine Dauvergne
Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier. He served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and director of the Opéra three times between 1769 and 1790.
Also recorded as Antoine d'Auvergne
Antoine Dauvergne
Clément, Ch.-Fr.. Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Born
- 1713 · Moulins.
- Died
- 1797 · Lyon.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music · Baroque music
- Languages
- French
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Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier. He served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and director of the Opéra three times between 1769 and 1790.
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Dauvergne contributed both as a performer and composer to the classical music at the court at Versailles. He is most famous as the composer of Les troqueurs, a work which had a major influence on the development of French opéra comique. He died, aged 83, in Lyon. In addition to operas and opera-ballets, Dauvergne composed a number of other works including violin sonatas (1739), trio sonatas, motets, and what he called Concerts de Simphonies (1751). The name Dauvergne is sometimes written D'Auvergne. It means "from Auvergne," the region in the center of France covered by the volcanic Massif Central mountain range.
• Les amours de Tempé, ballet héroïque (1752, Paris) • Les troqueurs, intermède (1753, Paris) • La coquette trompée, comédie lyrique (1753, Fontainebleau) • La sibylle, ballet (1753, Fontainebleau) • Énée et Lavinie, tragédie lyrique (1758, Paris) • Les fêtes d'Euterpe, opéra-ballet (1758, Paris) • Le rival favorable, additional entrée for Les fêtes d'Euterpe (1760, Paris) • Canente, tragédie (1760, Paris) • Hercule mourant, tragédie lyrique (1761, Paris) • Alphée et Aréthuse, ballet (1762, Paris) • Polixène, tragédie lyrique (1763, Paris) • Le triomphe de flore, ou Le retour de printemps, ballet-héroïque (1765, Fontainebleau) • La vénitienne, comédie-ballet (1768, Paris) • La tour enchantée, ballet figuré (1770, Paris) • Le prix de la valeur, ballet héroïque (1771, Paris) • La sicilien, ou L'amour peintre, comédie-ballet (1780, Versailles) • La mort d'Orphée, tragédie (unperformed) • Sémiramis, tragédie (unperformed)
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Moulins.
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• Musique à Versailles - Dauvergne: Concerts de Simphonies. Performed by the Concerto Köln (Virgin Classics 1999, Virgin Veritas – 7243 5 61542 2 3). • Antoine Dauvergne: Les Troqueurs - Opera Bouffon. Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by William Christie (Harmonia mundi 1994, HMC 901454).
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Titre uniforme: Dauvergne, Antoine (1713-1797). Compositeur. [Enée et Lavinie] Présentation musicale: [Partition] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: RISMImp Tragédies lyriques -- +* 1700......- 1799......+:18e siècle: Fontenelle, Bernard de (1657-1757). Librettiste
Dauvergne, Antoine (1713-1797). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Dauvergne, Antoine (1713-1797). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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- 1.24 juin [1755], Versailles. (F-Pan/ O1 99, f. 176, Secrétariat de la Maison du roi, 1755) :
- 2.24 juin [1755], Versailles. Brevet de survivance de maître de Musique de la Chambre du Roy en faveur du S. D’Auvergne. (F-Pan/ O1 99, f. 179, Secrétariat de la Maison du roi, 1755)
- 3.24 juin [1755], Versailles. Brevet portant qu’Antoine Dauvergne payera lorsqu’il deviendra titulaire de la charge de maitre de Musique de la Chambre la somme de 6000 lt. (F-Pan/ O1 99, f. 183-184, Secrétariat de la Maison du roi, 1755
- 4.Jean Gourret, Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra, 1984, .
- 5.Jean Gourret, Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra, 1984, p.85.
- 6.Jean Gourret, Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra, 1984, .
- 7.Benoit Dratwicki. Catalogue des oeuvres de François Dauvergne. philidor.cmbv.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Benoît Dratwicki, Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797) : une carrière tourmentée dans la France des Lumières, Wavre : Mardaga, 2011, 480 p.
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