Nicolas Isouard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nicolas Isouard

Maltese composer

Date of Birth: 16-May-1773

Place of Birth: Żebbuġ Malta, Malta

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1818

Profession: composer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Nicolas Isouard

  • Nicolas Isouard (also known as Nicolò, Nicolò Isoiar or Nicolò de Malte; 16 May 1773 in Porto Salvo, Valletta, Malta – 23 March 1818 in Paris) was a French (Maltese born) composer. Isouard studied in Rabat or Mdina with Francesco Azopardi, in Palermo with Giuseppe Amendola, and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi.
  • From 1795 he was organist at St.
  • John de Gerusalemme in Valletta at the Conventual Church of the Order of Saint John, San Giovanni di Malta. He moved to Paris, where he worked as a free composer and befriended composer Rodolphe Kreutzer.
  • The pair worked together on several operas, including Le petit page ou La prison d'état (1800) and Flaminius à Corinthe (1801).
  • Isouard adopted the pseudonym Nicolò (or Nicolò de Malte) and found rapid success in the field of opéra comique with Michel-Ange (1802) and L'intrigue aux fenêtres (1805).
  • He composed regularly for the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, writing some thirty works for them. He composed masses, motets, cantatas, romances, and duos, along with over 45 operas. Isouard had two daughters, Sophie-Nicole (1809–?), a composer of romances, and Annette-Julie (1814–1876), a pianist and composer.
  • His brother Joseph (1794–1863) had a career as a singer and opera director before being named inspector of historic monuments in Rouen.
  • Nicolas Isouard was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Victoires.
  • A bust of the composer was placed on one of the facades of both the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and the Palais Garnier, and one of the main squares in Paris was given his name.

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