François Francoeur (1698-1787) - Simphonie (Suite) in D (1773)

Joyeux anniversaire François Francoeur! 👑🎺 Composer: François Francoeur (1698-1787) Work: Simphonie (Suite) in D (1773) Performers: La symphonie du Mаrаis; Hugo Rеynе (conductor) Simphonie (Suite) in D (1773) 1. Air en rondeau 0:00 2. Rondeaux I & II 1:29 3. Rondeaux gai 7:27 4. Air tendre 9:07 5. Menuets I & II 10:58 6. Chaconne 13:21 Painting: Jacques Bertaux (1745-1818) - Le cortège impérial se rendant à Notre-Dame pour la cérémonie du sacre, le 2 décembre 1804 HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- François Francoeur [le cadet] (Paris, 21 September 1698 - Paris, 5 August 1787) French composer and violinist, son of Joseph Francoeur (). A violin pupil of his father, he began his long association with the Paris Opéra at the age of 12 as a dessus de violon in the Grand Choeur; shortly afterwards he became a member of the Musique de la Chambre du Roi. After touring Europe as a musician, he returned to Paris as a member of the Concert Spirituel. In 1730 he was appointed to the 24 violons du roy and ’maître de musique’ to the Opera in 1739. In 1744, he and François Rebel, his lifelong colleague and friend, were appointed ’inspecteurs musicaux’ of the Paris Opéra becoming responsible of its management in 1757. Rebel and Francœur faced numerous challenges in their joint roles, including a large deficit, personnel problems, lack of discipline and the controversy surrounding the Querelle des Bouffons, culminating in the destruction by fire of the Opéra on 6 April 1763. King Louis XV appointed him 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 to the Opéra as Administrateur général 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.