Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux
{{Short description|French composer (1745–1797)}}
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Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de MéreauxSpelled thus by {{ill|Benoît Dratwicki|fr}}, p.61 (1745–1797) was a French composer born in Paris.
According to music critic François-Joseph Fétis, 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 Concert Spirituel in 1775. His first published work was the cantata 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.
Operas
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!|Title!!|Genre!!|Subdivisions!!|Libretto!!|Première date!!|Theatre!!|References | ||||||
| La ressource comique, ou La pièce à deux acteurs | comédie mêlée d'ariettes | prologue and 1 act | Louis Anseaume | 22 August 1772 | Théâtre des Italiens | Clément and Larousse, p.572 |
| Le retour de tendresse | comédie mêlée d'ariettes | 1 act | Louis Anseaume | 1 October 1774 | Théâtre des Italiens | |
| Le duel comique (with Paisiello) | opéra comique | 2 acts | Pierre-Louis Moline | 16 September 1776 | Opéra-Comique | Clément and Larousse, p.241 |
| Laurette | opéra | 1 act | Danzel de Malzeville | 23 July 1777 | Comédie Italienne | Clément and Larousse, p.397 |
| Alexandre aux Indes | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | Étienne Morel de Chédeville | 26 August 1783 | Paris Opéra | Clément and Larousse, p.21 |
| Œdipe à Thèbes | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | Comte Duprat de Lantouloubre | 30 December 1791 | Paris Opéra | Clément and Larousse, p.492 |
| Fabius | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | J. Martin (known as Barouillet) | 9 August 1793 | Paris Opéra | Clément and Larousse, p.268 |
References
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Sources
- Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881. Available online here [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24402733M/Dictionnaire_des_opéras].
- 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). {{ISBN|978-84-939-6865-6}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=sKta1bvV0-YC&dq=mereaux+fetis&pg=PA377 Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens, Brussels, 1840 edition, Volume 6]
External links
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Category:French opera composers
Category:French male opera composers
Category:French Classical-period composers