Henri-Joseph Rigel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri-Joseph Rigel

French composer of German birth

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1741

Place of Birth: Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 02-May-1799

Profession: composer, conductor, university teacher, musicologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Henri-Joseph Rigel (9 February 1741 – 2 May 1799) was a German-born composer of the Classical era who spent most of his working life in France.
He was born in Wertheim am Main where his father was musical intendant to the local prince.
After an education in Germany, where his teachers included Niccolò Jommelli, Rigel moved to Paris in 1767.
He quickly acquired a reputation in musical circles and published harpsichord pieces, string quartets, symphonies and concertos.
He began composing for the Concert Spirituel, most notably four hiérodrames (oratorios on sacred themes): La sortie d'Egypte (1774), La destruction de Jericho (1778), Jephté (1783) and Les Macchabées (score lost).
These show the influence of Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Gluck himself praised La sortie d'Égypte.
Between 1778 and 1799 Rigel also wrote 14 operas, including the opéra comique Le savetier et le financier (1778).



Alternative names	André Du Tertre
Description	French draughtsman, painter, engraver and lithographer
Date of birth/death	9 June 1753	April 1842
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q2847711 VIAF: 42046759 ISNI: 0000 0000 7326 039X ULAN: 500032769 LCCN: n97860500 GND: 122325095 WorldCat