Alexandre de Villeneuve (25 May 1677,
Hyères
Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The old town lies from the sea clustered around t ...
– 1756) was an 18th-century French classical composer.
A priest in Hyères, he was received in 1697 as a chorister in
Saint-Trophime d'Arles and became
master of Music in 1701. He remained in this office until 1706 and then went to Paris. In 1719 he published a book of
sacred music
Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...
dedicated to Madame d'Orléans.
See also
External links
''La Princesse d'Elide''on
Gallica
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French Baroque composers
French male classical composers
People from Hyères
1677 births
1756 deaths