Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French composer
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Place of Birth: Fréjus, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
About Marc-Antoine Désaugiers
- Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music.
- He was born in Fréjus.
- He studied music there but was largely an autodidact.
- Désaugiers settled in Paris in 1774 where he first came to prominence with his French translation of Giovanni Battista Mancini's Pensieri e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato.
- His translation, published in 1776 under the title L'Art du chant figuré, was much admired by Gluck who became his close friend.
- Désaugiers died in Paris.
- His son, Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers was also a composer.
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