René Ouvrard
{{Short description|French priest, writer and composer}}
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René Ouvrard (1624–1694) was a French priest, writer and composer.
Ouvrard was born in Chinon. He received orders and became kapellmeister of the cathedral of Bordeaux, Narbonne and the Sainte-Chapelle of Paris, then he was a canon in Tours. He became a priest in 1682.{{cite web |title=Ouvrard René, 1624–1694 |url=http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/o/ouvrard_rene.html |publisher=Musicologie |accessdate=1 July 2009|language=fr}} He died in Tours.
Main works
- Secret pour composer en musique par un art nouveau, 1660
- L'Art et la Science des nombres en latin et en français, 1677
- Défense de l'ancienne tradition des Églises de France, 1678
- Histoire de la musique chez les Hébreux, les Grecs et les Romains
References
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External links
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.mots-auteurs.fr/auteurs_citations/rene-ouvrard.html René Ouvrard, on Mots d'auteurs]
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Category:French male composers
Category:French Roman Catholic writers
Category:17th-century French Roman Catholic priests
Category:French music theorists
Category:French male non-fiction writers
Category:17th-century French classical composers
Category:17th-century French male musicians
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