François Cupis de Renoussard Seigneur de Renoussard, called ''le cadet'' (10 November 1732 – 13 October 1808) was an 18th-century classical French composer, cellist and music educator.
Biography
François Cupis de Renoussard was the son of , teacher of violin and rue de la Montagne in Brussels, and Marie-Anne de Smet.
He was the brother of the famous ballerina
Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo
Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo (15 April 1710 in Brussels – 28 April 1770 in Paris), sometimes known simply as La Camargo, was a French dancer. The first woman to execute the '' entrechat quatre'', Camargo was also allegedly responsible for ...
(1710–1770) and violinist .
He was a pupil of
Martin Berteau
Martin Berteau (2 February 1691 in Valenciennes – 23 January 1771 in Angers) was a French classical cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He is widely regarded as the founder of the French school of cello playing.
Life
Descriptions of Berte ...
. In 1750, he entered the
Paris Opéra as ''basse du grand chœur''. He stayed there until 1770.
Through his numerous compositions, which were musically of little inspiration, but had educational significance, Cupis strengthened his reputation for having given the cello in France a greater importance. François Cupis, on the one hand, stands in the same line between his teacher, Martin Berteau and
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and on the other, the brothers
Jean-Louis and
Jean-Pierre Duport
Jean-Pierre Duport (27 November 1741 – 31 December 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre w ...
.
Works
In addition to several works, not mentioned by
François-Joseph Fétis, François Cupis wrote:
* Arrangements: ''Recueil d'airs choisis des meilleurs auteurs'' pour violoncelle (1761)
* ''Recueil d'airs choisis des meilleurs auteurs ajustés pour le violoncelle'' (Paris, Le Menu, 1761)
* 6 Sonatas for Cello and Bass, Op. 1 (c. 1761)
* 6 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op. 2 (c. 1767), missing
* 6 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op. 3 (c. 1770)
* 3 Duos, for 2 Cellos, Op. 5 (1773)
Cupis de Renoussard 3 Cello Duos
on Violinmark
* 2 Cello concertos, mentioned by Fétis and Ernst Ludwig Gerber (missing)
* ''Six duo (sic) pour deux violoncelles'', Op. 3 (Paris, La Chevardière)
* ''Six duo (sic) pour deux violoncelles'', Op. 5 (Bayeux, Le Menu, 1773)
* ''Airs d'opéra-comiques pour deux violoncelles'' (Paris, 1777)
* Cello Concerto in D Major (1783)
* ''Concerto à grand orchestre pour le violoncelle'' (Paris, 1783). The orchestra includes strings, 2 oboes and 2 horns; (Paris, 1783)
* ''Air de l'Aveugle de Palmire, and Menuet de Fischer'', for 2 cellos (c. 1784)
* ''Recueil de petits airs variés et dialogués'' for 2 cellos, Op. 9 (around 1800)
* ''Méthode nouvelle et raisonnée pour apprendre à jouer du violoncelle'' (Paris, Le Menu, 1772). The method contains comments on the technique of the instrument.
Bibliography
*François Schoonjans, « Amour, danse, musique, lignages : les Cupis de Camargo », in, ''Les Lignages de Bruxelles'', Brussels, n° 55-56, 1973, p. 49-54.
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References
External links
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François Cupis de Renoussard
in Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period
François Cupis de Renoussard, Duo op.V n.2 in C major
on YouTube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cupis de Renoussard, Francois
French classical cellists
French Classical-period composers
French music educators
1732 births
1808 deaths
Musicians from Paris