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Antoine Romagnesi

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Born
  
1 September 1781
Paris

Occupation
  
Composer, music publisher, music theorician

Died
  
9 January 1850, Paris, France

Antoine Romagnesi, or Antoine-Joseph-Michel Romagnesi, (1 September 1781 – 9 January 1850) was a 19th-century French composer, music publisher and music theorician.

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Antoine Romagnesi was a pupil of Alexandre-Étienne Choron and Giuseppe Cambini.

A soldier then a clerk for the music publisher Auguste Le Duc in 1806, he became editor in 1828 and music dealer and moved 8 rue Richelieu in Paris.

He probably was a Freemason

Works

  • Nadir & Sélim, three-act opéra comique, created at the Théâtre Feydeau in 1822.
  • La Guirlande, one-act opéra, composed for the académie Royale de Musique.

    • He also composed numerous duets, trios, nocturnes, contredanses and fantaisies for piano and more than 200 romances including:

  • Le chien du régiment
  • L'Heureuse Destinée, Ed. Le Duc, 1825
  • Le Présent et l'Avenir, Ed. Chansonnier des Grâces, 1839.

    • Publications

  • Étrennes Musicales., yearly collection.
  • Le Troubadour des Salons, Journal de chant avec Accompagnement de Lyre ou Guitare.
  • L’Abeille musicale, Journal de Chant, Composé pour les jeunes personnes, par les Auteurs les plus estimés en ce genre. périodique, publié de 1828 à 1839.

    • References

    Antoine Romagnesi Wikipedia
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