François-Louis Perne
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François-Louis Perne was a French
composer and musicographer.
He is known both for his writings on the history of music, and also for being a director of the Paris Conservatoire.
. He started his musical training as a choirboy
in the parish of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. In 1792, he became a tenor in the chorus of the Opéra National de Paris, where he remained until 1799, when he became a contrabass
ist in the orchestra
.
He was later appointed to the position of professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire in 1811, as a successor to Charles Catel
. He later became general inspector of the Conservatoire in 1816 and librarian in 1819. He died at Laon
.
France
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composer and musicographer.
He is known both for his writings on the history of music, and also for being a director of the Paris Conservatoire.
Biography
François-Louis Perne was born in ParisParis
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. He started his musical training as a choirboy
Choirboy
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in the parish of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. In 1792, he became a tenor in the chorus of the Opéra National de Paris, where he remained until 1799, when he became a contrabass
Contrabass
Contrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
ist in the orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
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He was later appointed to the position of professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire in 1811, as a successor to Charles Catel
Charles Simon Catel
Charles Simon Catel was a French composer and educator born at L'Aigle, Orne.-Biography:Catel studied at the Royal School of Singing in Paris. He was the chief assistant to François-Joseph Gossec at the orchestra of the National Guard in 1790...
. He later became general inspector of the Conservatoire in 1816 and librarian in 1819. He died at Laon
Laon
Laon is the capital city of the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-History:The hilly district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance...
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Written works
- Cours élémentaire d'harmonie (1823)
- Ancienne musique des chansons du châtelain de Coucy mise en notation moderne (Paris, 1830)
Musical works
- Fugue à trois partes, trois modes, quatre sujets et quatre faces (1800)
- Canon à sept parties et à nombreuses mutations