Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de MéreauxSpelled thus by , p.61 (1745–1797) was a French composer born in Paris. According to music critic

François-Joseph Fétis François-Joseph Fétis (; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the ...

, Méreaux studied music under French and Italian teachers before becoming the organist of the Church of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas. He wrote several motets for the church and had his oratorio ''Esther'' performed at the

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in 1775. His first published work was the

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''Aline, reine de Golconde'' in 1767. He went on to compose several operas.Fétis, p.377 His son, Joseph-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux (1767–1838), was also a composer, mostly of piano music. His grandson was

Amédée Méreaux Jean-Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux (18 September 1802 – 25 April 1874) was a French composer, pianist, piano teacher, musicologist and music critic. He is best-known for his ''60 Grandes Études'', Op. 63. Family background Amédée Méreaux cam ...

Operas

References

Sources

* Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881. Available online her

* Benoît Dratwicki, "Foreigners at the Académie Royale de Musique" in Antonio Sacchini, ''Renaud'', Madrid, Ediciones Singulares, 2013 (book accompanying the complete recording conducted by

Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conducting, conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on Authentic performance, period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and ...

).
Fétis, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens'', Brussels, 1840 edition, Volume 6

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefroid de Mereaux, Nicolas-Jean 1745 births 1797 deaths French opera composers French male opera composers French Classical-period composers 18th-century French classical composers 18th-century French male musicians