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    Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was a French composer and harpsichordist born around 1705 in Turin who became maître de musique des enfants de France in Paris in 1734. He directed the Concert Spirituel with Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville starting in 1748. Royer composed several operas and was known for his virtuosic harpsichord music. He held prestigious music positions including music director of the king's chamber until his death in 1755.

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    Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (ca. 1705 11 January 1755)


    was a French composer and harpsichordist.
    Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became
    matre 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 Cassana de
    Mondonville, Royer directed the Concert Spirituel, starting in
    1748. Royer was at the Paris Opra during the 1730s and the
    1750s, writing six operas himself, of which the best known is
    the ballet-hroque Zade, 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.

    Contents

    Royer composing his opera


    Zade, by Jean-Marc Nattier.
    Private collection.

    1 Works
    1.1 Operas
    1.2 Other works
    2 Recordings
    3 External links

    Works
    Royer is particularly known for his often extravagant and virtuosic harpsichord music, especially
    "La Marche des Scythes," which ends his first book of harpsichord pieces.

    Operas

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    Genre

    Subdivisions

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    Libretto

    Premire date

    Place, theatre

    Le fcheux
    veuvage
    (contributions)

    opra
    comique

    3 acts

    Alexis Piron

    September 1725

    Paris, Foire St
    Laurent

    Crdit est mort


    (contributions)

    opra
    comique

    1 act

    Alexis Piron

    February 1726

    Paris, Foire St
    Germain
    Paris,
    Acadmie
    Royale de
    Musique

    Pyrrhus

    tragdie
    lyrique

    prologue
    Fermelhuis
    and 5 acts

    26 October 1730

    Zade, reine de
    Grenade

    ballet
    hroque

    prologue Abb de La
    and 3 acts Marre

    5 September 1739 Paris, Opra

    Le pouvoir de
    l'Amour

    Promthe et
    Pandore

    ballet
    hroque

    tragdie

    prologue C-H Le Febvre


    and 3 acts de Saint-Marc

    23 April 1743

    Paris,
    Acadmie
    Royale de
    Musique

    5 acts

    Voltaire

    composed
    1744-54, private
    rehearsal 5
    October 1752

    Paris

    FranoisAugustin de
    Paradis de
    Moncrif

    26 February 1748 Versailles

    Almasis

    acte de
    ballet

    1 act

    Myrtil et Zlie

    pastoralehroque

    prologue
    and 1 act

    20 June 1750

    Versailles

    Other works
    1746: Premiere livre de pices pour clavecin (1746)
    1. La majestuese: courante
    2. La Zide: rondeau (Tendrement)
    3. Les matelots: (modrment)
    4. Premier et deuxime tambourins
    5. L'incertaine: (marque)
    6. L'aimable: (gracieux)
    7. La bagatelle
    8. Suite de la bagatelle

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    9. La remouleuse: rondeau (modrment)


    10. Les tendre Sentiments: rondeau
    11. Le vertigo: rondeau (modrment)
    12. Allemande
    13. La sensible: rondeau
    14. La marche des Scythes: firement
    15. La chasse de Zide (1739)
    1746: Ode la fortune, text by Jean-Baptiste
    Rousseau, (first performance 25 December 1746,
    Concert spirituel)
    1751: Venite exultemus, motet (first performance 18
    December 1751, Concert spirituel)

    Recordings
    Frontpage to Ode la fortune, 1747

    Complete Harpsichord Music - Yago Mahugo


    (harpsichord), OnClassical (OC67B) licensed for Brilliant Classics (BC 94479), 2013
    Pieces de Clavecin - William Christie (harpsichord), Harmonia Mundi France (HM1901037),
    rec. 1981, CD-release 1992 (out of print)

    External links
    Free scores by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer at the
    International Music Score Library Project
    The Mutopia Project has compositions by Joseph-NicolasPancrace Royer (http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin
    /make-table.cgi?Composer=RoyerJNP)

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