Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon
Michel-Paul Guy de Chabanon (1730, Saint-Domingue – 10 June 1792, Paris) was a violinist, composer, music theorist, and connoisseur of French literature. He was elected to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (1760) and the Académie française (1779).
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- Name
- Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon
- Born
- 1730
- Birthplace
- Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)
- Died
- 10 June 1792
- Occupation
- Violinist, composer, writer
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Michel-Paul Guy de Chabanon (1730, Saint-Domingue – 10 June 1792, Paris) was a violinist, composer, music theorist, and connoisseur of French literature. He was elected to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (1760) and the Académie française (1779).
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Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon (1730–1792) was a classical scholar, composer and literary scholar, among other activities, of French nationality. The classical scholar was born in Limonade and died in Paris.
Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon was a member of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and Académie Française and held the position of seat 14 of the Académie française. The classical scholar was associated with classical music.
The work spans opera. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon • Born — 1730 • Birthplace — Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) • Died — 10 June 1792 • Occupation — Violinist, composer, writer
As musician and music theorist
As musician and music theorist
Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon was also a successful musician, playing the violin in the Concert des Amateurs under the direction of Joseph Bologne, chevalier de Saint-Georges. He was the author of an opera, Sémélé, tragédie lyrique, and of several works on music theory, of which the most valued are his commentaries on music in the work of Aristotle. His double identity as a writer and a musician gave him a unique viewpoint on the links between music and language and in developing a philosophy of music of which his work was the expression. He also contributed to defining opera as a musical genre.
Translations
Translations
• Pindare (1771) • Théocrite (1775) • Horace (1773).
Works on music esthetics
Works on music esthetics
• 1779: Observations sur la musique, et principalement sur la métaphysique de l'art (Paris, 1779; translated by Weber in German as Ueber die Musik und deren Wirkungen, aus dem franz. übersetzt mit Anmerkungen, Leipzig, 1781) • 1785: Sur l'introduction des accords dans la musique des anciens, Mémoire • 1785: De la musique considérée en elle-même et dans ses rapports avec la parole, les langues, la poésie, et le théâtre (Paris)1785).
Libretti
Libretti
• Sabinus (1773)
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Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon is recorded with the occupation music theorist. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as musicologist, composer, music theorist, playwright and translator.
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1730
Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon born at Limonade.
1792
Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon died at Paris.
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Limonade.
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Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon wrote poetry, elegies (notably that of Rameau), plays (including the tragedy of Éponine) and translations (adjudged by the 19th century Dictionnaire Bouillet as having "little fidelity [to the original text], but not lacking in elegance and facility").
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- 1.Académie française
- 2."Such was Chabanon, who was in the Académie française and Académie des inscriptions, who played the violin very well, and who was second violin in the concert des amateurs, of which Saint-George was leader – François-Joseph Fétis, Revue musicale [archive : XIXe siècle, Published by F. J. Fétis, Paris, 1829.
- 3."In the 46th volume of his "Mémoires de l'académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres de Paris", Chabanon gave a French translation of Aristotle's problems relating to music, with a commentary in which he clarifies the sense, generally very obscure. Chabanon's three mémoires extend from page 285 to 335." – François-Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique : XIXe siècle, Published by Leroux, Paris, 1835. Notice Bnf n° FRBNF30432155
- 4.Deux visionnaires au siècle des Lumières : Michel-Paul-Guy de Chabanon (1730–1792) et Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
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The authorities additionally record the heading Michel-Paul Guy de Chabanon. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Madame de Villeblanche. His work is associated with classical music. Recorded position is seat 14 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française and Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
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