Jean-Joseph Mouret
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Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in
Life
Jean-Joseph was the son of Jean Bertrand Mouret, a silk merchant, who gave his son a good education and, noting his early gifts for music, supported his musical studies. Mouret sang and composed with success and, around the age of twenty-five, settled in
Mouret's
In 1714, Mouret also received an appointment as the director of the orchestra of the Opéra, a post which he held until 1718. From 1717 to 1737 he directed the
Mouret married Madeleine Prompt de Saint-Marc in Versailles on October 23, 1711, and had one daughter, Françoise Louise, born in Paris on October 21, 1722. However, his later years were overshadowed by financial and social disappointments. Sinking into poverty, Mouret was committed to the insane asylum at Charenton on 14 April 1738 and died there on 10 December.[3] The location of his grave is unknown.
Works
Mouret composed mainly for the stage. He contributed to the emergence of the distinctively French genres of
- Les fêtes de Thalie, Joseph de La Font's opera-ballet for the Paris Opéra, (1714)
- Le mariage de Ragonde et de Colin for Sceaux, (1714) (1742 version: Les amours de Ragonde)
- Ariane (1717)
- Pirithoüs Paris Opéra, (1723)
- Les amours des dieux Paris Opéra, (1727)
- Le triomphe des sens (1732)
- Les grâces héroïques (1733)
- Le temple de Gnide Paris Opéra (1741).
Mouret also wrote
References
- ^ Anthony, James R. "Fêtes de Thalie, Les" and "La Font, Joseph de" in Sadie, ed. (1992) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 2: 174–175, 1080.
- ^ Anthony, James R. "Mouret, Jean-Joseph" in Sadie, ed. (1992) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 3: 488.
- ^ Renée Viollier, Jean-Joseph Mouret: Le Musicien des Graces (Paris: Floury, 1950), 39.
Sources
- Anthony, James R. (2001). "Mouret, Jean-Joseph". In ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
External links
- Free scores by Jean-Joseph Mouret at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Les amours des dieux - libretto
- Les amours des dieux - background and synopsis
- Opera One: List of major operas and opera-ballets
- Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'ancien régime: the "Grandes nuits" of Sceaux