Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick
Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (c. 1753 – 16 October 1799) was a classical composer. He is chiefly remembered for writing opera buffa, of which he wrote at least twenty-three.
Also recorded as Antoine-Frederic Gresnick
Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick
- Died
- 1799 · Paris.
- Occupation
- composer · conductor
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- French
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Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (c. 1753 – 16 October 1799) was a classical composer. He is chiefly remembered for writing opera buffa, of which he wrote at least twenty-three.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
He was born in Liège. He studied music at the Naples Conservatory.
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Career
Gresnick lived in London where he composed four operas which were well received. For a time he was the director of music for the Prince of Wales. By 1780 Gresnick was working in Lyons and, after visiting Berlin and London, he moved in 1794 to Paris where he died in 1799.
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• Alceste, a 1786 opera • L'amour de Cythère exilé, a 1793 opera
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Liège.
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- 1.De Gruyter Saur. French Biographical Archive. 2006.
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