Antoine Dauvergne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French composer and violinist
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Place of Birth: Moulins, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Antoine Dauvergne
- Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier.
- He served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and director of the Opéra three times between 1769 and 1790.
- Dauvergne contributed both as a performer and composer to the classical music at the court at Versailles.
- He is most famous as the composer of Les troqueurs, a work which had a major influence on the development of French opéra comique.
- He died, aged 83, in Lyon. In addition to operas and opera-ballets, Dauvergne composed a number of other works including violin sonatas (1739), trio sonatas, motets, and what he called Concerts de Simphonies (1751). The name Dauvergne is sometimes written D'Auvergne.
- It means "from Auvergne," the region in the center of France covered by the volcanic Massif Central mountain range.
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