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Antoine Gautier De Montdorge
Antoine-César Gautier de Montdorge (or Mondorge) (17 January 1701 or 1707 – 24 October 1768) was a French man of letters, best known for writing the libretto for Rameau's ''opéra-ballet'' ''Les fêtes d'Hébé'' (1739). Born in Lyon, he moved to Paris, where he worked as a financier (with the title "maître à la Chambre aux deniers du Roi"). He was a friend and neighbour of Rameau's patron Alexandre Le Riche de La Pouplinière and probably met the composer at La Pouplinière's salon. Montdorge was not identified as the author of ''Les fêtes d'Hébé'' on any of its printed editions. It was first attributed to him by Antoine de Léris in the 1763 edition of his ''Dictionnaire portatif des théâtres''. Reviewers severely criticised the literary weakness of the work. The only other opera libretto Montdorge wrote was the one-act comédie-ballet ''L'opéra de société'' for Jean-François Giraud in 1762. He described his experience working as a librettist for Rameau in the anonymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin. Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his ''Treatise on Harmony'' (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests today. His debut, ''Hippolyte et Aricie'' (1733), caused a great stir and was fiercely attacked by the supporters of Lully's style of music for its revolutionary use of harmony. Nevertheless, Rameau's pre-eminence in the field of French opera was soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 In Music
Events * August 22– September 14 – George Frideric Handel composes his oratorio ''Messiah'' in London to a libretto compiled by Charles Jennens, completing the "Hallelujah Chorus" on September 6. *October 2 – The Bull's Head Musical Society opens a Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland. * November 18 – George Frideric Handel arrives in Dublin to give a series of concerts having tried out the ''Messiah'' privately en route in Chester. *November 25 – Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin, the first female court musician at the French court, sells her official post to Bernard de Bury. *Johann Friedrich Agricola arrives in Berlin to study musical composition under Johann Joachim Quantz. *Antonio Vivaldi leaves Venice for Vienna, but dies shortly after his arrival. *19-year-old Jiří Antonín Benda is given the post of second violinist at the Berlin court of King Frederick II of Prussia. * William Hogarth produces an engraving entitled ''The Enraged Musician''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Opera Librettists
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Writers From Lyon
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1768 Deaths
Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and sent to the other Thirteen Colonies. Refusal to revoke the letter will result in dissolution of the Massachusetts Assembly, and (from October) incur the institution of martial law to prevent civil unrest. * February 24 – With Russian troops occupying the nation, opposition legislators of the national legislature having been deported, the government of Poland signs a treaty virtually turning the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth into a protectorate of the Russian Empire. * February 27 – The first Secretary of State for the Colonies is appointed in Britain, the Earl of Hillsborough. * February 29 – Five days after the signing of the treaty, a group of the szlachta, Polish nobles, establishes the Bar Confede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1767 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1767. Events *January 29 – The former watchmaker and entrepreneur Pierre Beaumarchais has his first full-length drama, '' Eugénie'', premièred at the Comédie-Française. Revised in two days, it establishes his reputation in this field. *February – King George III of Great Britain requests an introduction to Samuel Johnson from his librarian, Frederick Augusta Barnard. They meet in the library of the Queen's House. *April 24 – First professional performance of a play by an American, ''The Prince of Parthia'' by Thomas Godfrey (died 1763), at the new Southwark Theatre in Philadelphia with Lewis Hallam Jr. in a leading rôle. *December 7 – John Street Theatre (Manhattan), the first permanent theater in New York City, is opened by David Douglass with a performance of ''The Beaux' Stratagem''. *Construction of Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III de Aranjuez, the first enclosed theatre in Spain, begins. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1762 In Music
Events * 6-year-old Mozart and his older sister Nannerl perform before Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, in Munich and the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Vienna. * Johann Christian Bach begins composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time. He will spend the remaining 20 years of his life in the city. * Michael Haydn moves to Salzburg to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop. * Death of Le Riche de La Pouplinière, patron of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Stamitz and François-Joseph Gossec. * The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by Marianne Davies. Popular music * Classical music *Carl Friedrich Abel – ''Six Overtures in 8 Parts'', Op. 4 (London) *Johann Albrechtsberger – ''Passione Domini'' *Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach **''L'Aly Rupalich'', H.95 **Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, H.448 **Sonatina in D major, H.449 **Solo für die Harfe H.563 Wq.139 * Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1756
Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops. * February 10 – The massacre of the Guaraní rebels in the Jesuit reduction of Caaibaté takes place in Brazil after their leader, Noicola Neenguiru, defies an ultimatum to surrender by 2:00 in the afternoon. On February 7, Neenguiru's predecessor Sepé Tiaraju has been killed in a brief skirmish. As two o'clock arrives, a combined force of Spanish and Portuguese troops makes an assault on the first of the Seven Towns established as Jesuit missions. Defending their town with cannons made out of bamboo, the Guaraní suffer 1,511 dead, compared to three Spaniards and two Portuguese killed in battle. * Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1766 In Music
Events *after March – Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the house of Esterházy, following the death of Gregor Werner, and their orchestra is increased to 22 players. *October 8 – Inauguration of the Teatro Onigo with the world premiere of Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi's opera ''Demofonte''. *November 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart returns to Salzburg after the Mozart family grand tour of Europe. *''unknown dates'' **Niccolò Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette. **The new Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm is completed as an opera house. Opera *Egidio Romualdo Duni – ''La clochette'' *Florian Leopold Gassmann **''L'amore artigiano'' **''Il viaggiatore ridicolo'' * Joseph Haydn – '' La Canterina'' (libretto by an unknown, based on material by Carlo Goldoni) *Johann Adam Hiller – ''Der lustige Schuster'' * Niccolò Jommelli – '' Il Vologeso'' *Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny – '' Aline, reine de Golconde'' *Giovanni Paisiello – ''Le fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra-ballet
''Opéra-ballet'' (; plural: ''opéras-ballets'') is a genre of French Baroque lyric theatre that was most popular during the 18th century, combining elements of opera and ballet, "that grew out of the '' ballets à entrées'' of the early seventeenth century".Pitou 1983, p. 278 "''Opéra-ballet''". It differed from the more elevated ''tragédie en musique'' as practised by Jean-Baptiste Lully in several ways. It contained more dance music than the ''tragédie'', and the plots were not necessarily derived from classical mythology and allowed for the comic elements, which Lully had excluded from the ''tragédie en musique'' after ''Thésée'' (1675). The ''opéra-ballet'' consisted of a prologue followed by a number of self-contained acts (also known as ''entrées''), often loosely grouped around a single theme. The individual acts could also be performed independently, in which case they were known as ''actes de ballet''. The first work in the genre is generally held to be Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 In Music
Events * April 30 – Possible premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's last ''St Mark Passion pastiche'' (BC D 5) at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. In addition to two movements by Bach, he incorporates seven arias from George Frideric Handel's ''Brockes Passion'' HWV 48 into the work.{{Dubious, reason=only 30 days in April, amended from April 31 to April 30 with Oct 2012 edit, date=October 2011 * October 4 – Schlosstheater Schönbrunn opens. * Johann Sebastian Bach is presented to King Frederick II of Prussia in Potsdam; the king plays a theme for Bach and challenges the musician to improvise a six-part fugue based on it. * Luigi Boccherini goes to Rome to study the cello. Classical music *Maria Teresa Agnesi – ''Il restauro d'Arcadia'' (cantata) * Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Trio Sonata in F major, H.576 * Johann Sebastian Bach **''Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her'', BWV 769 **Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 (the ''Musical Offering'') *William Boyce – 12 Trio Sonata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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