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François Francoeur

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142: 31: 106:—centre of the French music world—becoming responsible for all phases of its management in 1757. Rebel and Francœur faced numerous challenges in their joint roles, including a large financial deficit, lack of discipline, as well as handling contentious disagreements between traditionalists who favored French operatic tragedies and its mythological themes versus partisans of Italian opera's simpler lyricism and contemporary subject matter, known as the 141: 295:" has arisen, composers like Francœur, who had relatively modest instrumental production or did not in other ways attract special professional attention, have often remained in obscurity. It is easy to see from Francœur's inventiveness and infectious rhythmic drive why he was esteemed in his lifetime. Had 119:
appointed Francœur 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
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in 1772, a position he held until shortly before his death three years later. Francœur resigned himself from the music world, living in retirement until his own death in 1787 at age 89. He was thus spared the fate of his nephew, Louis-Joseph Francœur, Master of the King's Chamber music and orchestra
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had him as a music instructor earlier in his life, instead of, as biographers suggest, a musical mediocrity who chilled his interest in the violin, he might have become a royal composer like
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movement of Trowell's own creation. Griffiths (2012) finds his forged movement more Italian than French in style even though it is 'skillfully' written and finds similarities between it and
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as well as aesthetic reasons. In the transition from ages relatively little interested in earlier music (19th and early 20th century) to an age where a professional specialization in "
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movement as well while keeping Louis Francœur's original harmony. The first, third, and fourth movements were not changed in the Trowell publication.
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as a violinist at age 15. After travel and performances in the principal European culture centres, he returned to Paris as a member of the
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Griffiths, M. 2012. Arnold Trowell: Violincellist, composer and pedagogue. Doctoral dissertation: The University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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The mimetic strand in the cello literature: Within the context of history, instrument design, iconography and cello performance.
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Francœur, L. 2016. Sonata IV in E Major. Radulovich, Nada (ed.).Ovation Press. (Original work published 1726.)
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Francœur is sometimes categorised amongst the "Classical-era" composers who avoided the "classical style of
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published the sonata as a forgery in 1924 in which he removed Louis's second movement and replaced it with a
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A cello sonata in E from 1726 in is often incorrectly attributed to Francœur starting from
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There is a 2003 recording of Francœur's Sonata in E for Cello and Piano on Delos by
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as well as Paris, who provided an increasing market for musical composition.
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https://imslp.org/Violin_Sonata_in_E_major_(Franc%C5%93ur%2C_Louis)
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François Francœur was born in Paris, the son of Joseph Francœur, a
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Deuxième Livre de sonates à violon seul et basse continue
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Premier Livre de sonates à violon seul et basse continue
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Recordings of Francœur's works include a noteworthy LP,
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Special emphasis is placed on the above recordings for
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Presumed portrait of François Francœur, by Auger Lucas
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which is of the Trowell forgery (see above section).
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François Francœur

composer
violinist
Baroque
Classical
basse de violon
24 violons du roy
Académie Royale de Musique
Concert Spirituel
François Rebel
Paris Opéra
Querelle des Bouffons
Louis XV
French Revolution
Robespierre

Sheet music
violin sonatas
operas
Skanderbeg
ballets
collaboration in musical composition
Jean-Delphin Alard
Louis Francœur
Arnold Trowell
Daniel van Goens
Fritz Kreisler
Count d'Artois
Hugo Reyne

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