André Cardinal Destouches
Also known as Andre Cardinal Destouches
fransk kompositör
Person · Open Library
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- Isse Pastorale Heroique (French Opera in the 17th and 18th Centuries)
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André Cardinal Destouches (sometimes called des Touches) (baptised April 6, 1672 - February 7, 1749) was a French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les éléments. Born in Paris, the son of Étienne Cardinal, a wealthy merchant, André Cardinal was educated by Jesuits. With the Jesuit Father Guy Tachard, he went on a mission to Siam for two years, leaving in January 1687, and spending some time at the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Siam in September. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Andr%C3
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to André Cardinal Destouches, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Semiramis. Tragédie en musique […] représentée pour la première fois par la même Académie le dimanche quatriéme Decembre 1718. Partit.](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fbeu-covers.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fedl%2Feuropeana%2F109550.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Callirhoé. Tragédie en musique […] représentée pour la première fois par la même Académie le vingt-septiéme Decembre 1712. Partit.](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fbeu-covers.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fedl%2Feuropeana%2F109551.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Article · Svenska
André Cardinal Destouches, född 6 april 1672, död 7 februari 1749, var en fransk . Destouches blev 1713 generalinspektör vid musikakademin i Paris, och 1728 högste musikintendent. Han var högt skattad av Ludvig XIV, särskilt som operakompositör med verk som Issé (1697) och Omphale (1701). Destouches tillhörde Jean-Baptiste Lullys skola och var elev till André Campra.
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