Jean-Claude Trial
French composer (1732–1771)
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Jean-Claude Trial (13 December 1732 - 23 June 1771) was a French composer and, with Pierre Montan Berton, co-director of the Académie Royale de Musique 1767-1771, following François Francœur and François Rebel and preceding Antoine Dauvergne and Nicolas-René Joliveau. It was during his and Berton's directorship that the main hall at the Palais Royal burned down on 6 April 1763.
Trial was born in Avignon. His opera Silvie, 1765, co-written with Pierre Montan Berton, was the last pastorale héroïque to be written by French composers.[1] He died in Paris, aged 38, shortly after the destruction of the hall.
Works, editions and recordings
- Sylvie, Fontainebleau 1765
- Théonis ou Le Toucher, Académie Royale de Musique, November 10, 1767[2]
References
- ^ L'art vocal en France Marcelle Benoit - 1998 - In 1765, Silvie, the last pastorale héroïque to be written by French composers, was produced at Fontainebleau. Pierre Montan Berton and Jean-Claude Trial 22 provided the music. The last two works in this genre, however, were written by ..."
- ^ (in French) "Theonis ou Le Toucher pastorale heroique en un acte, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (digitalized)".