Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis (4 July 1769 – 20 December 1819) was a French violinist, conductor, choirmaster, teacher, composer, and theatre director. After commencing his studies of music in his hometown of

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, Persuis moved to Paris in 1787, and entered the orchestra of the

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in 1793. His entire career was within this institution; he became choirmaster in 1803, then conductor in 1810, replacing

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. He simultaneously worked in administrative rôles, as manager, musical inspector-general (1816), stage manager (1817), then chief director from 3 September 1817 until 13 November 1819, on which date illness forced him to resign. Persuis composed ballets, operas, and '' opéras comiques''. His greatest success was '' Le triomphe de Trajan'' (1807), written in collaboration with Le Sueur. From 1810 to 1815, Persuis was the most performed composer at the Opéra, with 157 performances, largely due to ''Trajan''. His ''opéras comiques'' found favour at the Théâtre Favart. He also adapted others' works, for example the

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''Les Croisés'' (''Die Befreyung von Jerusalem'', 1813) by

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. Persuis taught singing at the

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until 1802. His name was proposed for a singing school at the Opéra, but the school was not established, although he continued to teach choristers informally. He died in Paris. Père-Lachaise - Division 8 - Rolland 01

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References

;Notes ;Sources * Chaillou, David (2004). ''Napoléon et l'Opéra'', . * Fauquet, Joël-Marie (2003). ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'', p. 958. * Gourret , Jean (1984). ''Ces hommes qui ont fait l’Opéra'', pp. 111–112. * Mongrédien, Jean; Quetin, Laurine (2001). "Persuis, Louis-Luc Loiseau de" in Sadie 2001. * Sadie, Stanley, editor; John Tyrell; executive editor (2001). ''

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'', 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). * Schreyvogel, Joseph; Glossy, Karl, editor (1903). ''Josef Schreyvogels Tagebücher, 1810-1823'', vol. 2 (in German). Berlin: Gesellschaft für Theatergeschichte
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