Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

:translation _fr. French] musician, composer, and harpsichordist.

Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became "maître de musique des enfants de France", responsible for the musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV. Together with the violinist Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Royer directed the "Concert Spirituel", starting in 1748. Royer was at the Paris Opéra during the 1730s and the 1750s, writing six operas himself, of which the best known is the ballet-héroïque "Zaïde, reine de Grenade". In 1753 he acquired the prestigious position of music director of the "chambre du roi" (the king's chamber), and in the same year was named director of the Royal Opera orchestra. He died in Paris.

Works

* 1725 : "Le fâcheux veuvage", opéra-comique, libretto by Alexis Piron
* 1726 : "Crédit est mort", opéra-comique, libretto by Alexis Piron
* 1730 : "Pyrrhus", tragédie lyrique in a prologue and five acts. libretto by J. Fermelhuis, (first performance 19 October 1730 at the Académie Royale de Musique)
* 1739 : "Zaïde, reine de Grenade", ballet héroïque (first performance 5 Septembre 1739 at the Paris Opéra)
* 1743 : "Le pouvoir de l'Amour", ballet héroïque (first performance 23 April 1743 at the Académie Royale de Musique)
* 1743: "Prométhée et Pandore" (1743)
* 1746 : "Ode à la Fortune", text by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, (first performance 25 December 1746, Concert spirituel)
* 1746: "Premiere livre de pièces pour clavecin " (1746)
* 1748 : "Almasis", opéra-ballet in one act on a text by François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif (first performance 26 February 1748 at Versailles)
* 1750, "Myrtil et Zélie", pastorela héroïque (first performance 20 June 1750 at Versailles)
* 1751 : "Venite exultemus", motet (first performance l8 December 1751, Concert spirituel)
* 1752 : "Pandore", text by Voltaire (first performance 1752 for Madame de Pompadour

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