Pierre Vachon (3 June 1738 – 7 October 1803) was a French
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Vachon was born in
Avignon
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, France. He wrote around thirty
string quartet
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
s, various chamber works,
operas, and
orchestral pieces. He studied the
violin with
Carlo Chiabrano in
Paris and first performed on 24 December 1756, at the
Concert Spirituel, playing one of his own compositions. He also performed as first violinist in the orchestra of the
Prince of Conti. He died in
Berlin at the age of 65.
Selected works
*Op. 1, 6 sonatas for violin and
basso continuo
Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...
*Op. 4, 6 trios for two violins and basso continuo
*Op. 5 (c. 1775), 6 string quartets
#In A major
#In G minor
#In F minor
#In B-flat major
#In A major
#In E-flat major
*Op. 6 (1776?), 6 string quartets, published in
London, different from the 1773 op. 6
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#In D major
*Op. 7 (1773), 6 string quartets
#In F major
#In D major
#In E-flat major
#In B-flat major
#In D minor
#In C minor
*Op. 9 (1774), 6 string quartets (lost)
*Op. 11 (1782), 6 string quartets
#In A major
#In E major
#In G major
#In B major
#In F minor
#In C minor
*Opera: ''Renaud D'Ast'' (Comedy in two acts mixed with ariettes. Premiered 12 October 1765)
*Opera: ''Les femmes et le secret'' (9 November 1767)
*Opera: ''Sara, La fermière écossaise'' (in two acts) (8 May 1773)
References
External links
musicologie.orgBiography, works, bibliography
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1738 births
1803 deaths
18th-century French musicians
French classical composers
French male classical composers
French opera composers
Male opera composers
String quartet composers
Musicians from Avignon
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