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Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (ca. 1705 11 January 1755)

was a French composer and harpsichordist.
Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became
matre de musique des enfants de France, responsible for the
musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV.
Together with the violinist Jean-Joseph Cassana de
Mondonville, Royer directed the Concert Spirituel, starting in
1748. Royer was at the Paris Opra during the 1730s and the
1750s, writing six operas himself, of which the best known is
the ballet-hroque Zade, reine de Grenade. In 1753 he
acquired the prestigious position of music director of the
chambre du roi (the king's chamber), and in the same year was
named director of the Royal Opera orchestra. He died in Paris.

Contents

Royer composing his opera

Zade, by Jean-Marc Nattier.
Private collection.

1 Works
1.1 Operas
1.2 Other works
2 Recordings
3 External links

Works
Royer is particularly known for his often extravagant and virtuosic harpsichord music, especially
"La Marche des Scythes," which ends his first book of harpsichord pieces.

Operas

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Title

Genre

Subdivisions

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Libretto

Premire date

Place, theatre

Le fcheux
veuvage
(contributions)

opra
comique

3 acts

Alexis Piron

September 1725

Paris, Foire St
Laurent

Crdit est mort

(contributions)

opra
comique

1 act

Alexis Piron

February 1726

Paris, Foire St
Germain
Paris,
Acadmie
Royale de
Musique

Pyrrhus

tragdie
lyrique

prologue
Fermelhuis
and 5 acts

26 October 1730

Zade, reine de
Grenade

ballet
hroque

prologue Abb de La
and 3 acts Marre

5 September 1739 Paris, Opra

Le pouvoir de
l'Amour

Promthe et
Pandore

ballet
hroque

tragdie

prologue C-H Le Febvre

and 3 acts de Saint-Marc

23 April 1743

Paris,
Acadmie
Royale de
Musique

5 acts

Voltaire

composed
1744-54, private
rehearsal 5
October 1752

Paris

FranoisAugustin de
Paradis de
Moncrif

26 February 1748 Versailles

Almasis

acte de
ballet

1 act

Myrtil et Zlie

pastoralehroque

prologue
and 1 act

20 June 1750

Versailles

Other works
1746: Premiere livre de pices pour clavecin (1746)
1. La majestuese: courante
2. La Zide: rondeau (Tendrement)
3. Les matelots: (modrment)
4. Premier et deuxime tambourins
5. L'incertaine: (marque)
6. L'aimable: (gracieux)
7. La bagatelle
8. Suite de la bagatelle

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9. La remouleuse: rondeau (modrment)

10. Les tendre Sentiments: rondeau
11. Le vertigo: rondeau (modrment)
12. Allemande
13. La sensible: rondeau
14. La marche des Scythes: firement
15. La chasse de Zide (1739)
1746: Ode la fortune, text by Jean-Baptiste
Rousseau, (first performance 25 December 1746,
Concert spirituel)
1751: Venite exultemus, motet (first performance 18
December 1751, Concert spirituel)

Recordings
Frontpage to Ode la fortune, 1747

Complete Harpsichord Music - Yago Mahugo

(harpsichord), OnClassical (OC67B) licensed for Brilliant Classics (BC 94479), 2013
Pieces de Clavecin - William Christie (harpsichord), Harmonia Mundi France (HM1901037),
rec. 1981, CD-release 1992 (out of print)

External links
Free scores by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer at the
International Music Score Library Project
The Mutopia Project has compositions by Joseph-NicolasPancrace Royer (http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin
/make-table.cgi?Composer=RoyerJNP)

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