François Francoeur (1698-1787)
- Simphonie (Suite) in D (1773)
Performers: La symphonie du Mаrаis; Hugo Rеynе (conductor)
Painting: Anonyme - Le Roman des chevaliers de la gloire, grand carrousel donné du 5 au 7 avril 1612
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French composer and violinist, son of Joseph Francoeur (c.1662-1741). A
violin pupil of his father, he began his long association with the Paris
Opéra at the age of 12 as a dessus de violon in the Grand Choeur;
shortly afterwards he became a member of the Musique de la Chambre du
Roi. After touring Europe as a musician, he returned to Paris as a
member of the Concert Spirituel. In 1730 he was appointed to the 24
violons du roy and 'maître de musique' to the Opera in 1739. In 1744, he
and François Rebel, his lifelong colleague and friend, were appointed
'inspecteurs musicaux' of the Paris Opéra becoming responsible of its
management in 1757. Rebel and Francœur faced numerous challenges in
their joint roles, including a large deficit, personnel problems, lack
of discipline and the controversy surrounding the Querelle des Bouffons,
culminating in the destruction by fire of the Opéra on 6 April 1763.
King Louis XV appointed him as his Music Master in 1760, ennobling Rebel
in the same year and Francœur himself in May 1764. Disaster struck when
the Paris Opéra was consumed in flames on 6 April 1763, and the two
directors were forced to resign in 1767 in its aftermath. However, Louis
XV asked Rebel to return to the Opéra as Administrateur général in
1772, a position he held until shortly before his death three years
later.
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