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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Born in Paris,<ref>Biography in this article draws on the material in Renee P.-M. Masson, "Andre Cardinal Destouches surintendant de la musique du roi directeur de l'Opera 1672 - 1749" ''Revue de Musicologie'' '''43''' No. 119 (July 1959):81-98).</ref> the son of Étienne Cardinal, a wealthy merchant,<ref>In 1683 the elder Cardinal founded a charity school for poor boys at Saint-Barthélemy, noted by Masson, ''s.v.'' "1683", "1715".</ref> André Cardinal was educated by [[Jesuit]]s. With the Jesuit Father [[Guy Tachard]],<ref>Tachard described the journey in a ''Second voyage au Siam'', at the Archives Nationales.</ref> he went on a mission to [[Siam]] for two years,<ref>''Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers'', by David Mason Greene 1985 {{ISBN|0-385-14278-1}} p.209 [https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA209&dq=Destouches+Siam&sig=P6ZcpX6Z9g1oTpKiIjMsPbzC-p4]</ref> leaving in January 1687, and spending some time at the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Siam in September. Coming back to France, in September 1688, he spent several months at the academy in the Manège royale, rue de Tournon. In 1692 he joined the army and participated in the invasion of [[Namur (province)|Namur]], discovering his musical talent while not occupied by combat.<ref>According to [[Titon du Tillet]], second supplement to the ''Parnasse français''.</ref> When his father died in August 1694, André Cardinal added "Destouches" to his name in memory of his father's title, Seigneur des Touches et de Guilleville. He quit the army in 1696 to pursue his musical aspirations.
Born in Paris,<ref>Biography in this article draws on the material in Renee P.-M. Masson, "Andre Cardinal Destouches surintendant de la musique du roi directeur de l'Opera 1672 - 1749" ''Revue de Musicologie'' '''43''' No. 119 (July 1959):81-98).</ref> the son of Étienne Cardinal, a wealthy merchant,<ref>In 1683 the elder Cardinal founded a [[charity school]] for poor boys at Saint-Barthélemy, noted by Masson, ''s.v.'' "1683", "1715".</ref> André Cardinal was educated by [[Jesuit]]s. With the Jesuit Father [[Guy Tachard]],<ref>Tachard described the journey in a ''Second voyage au Siam'', at the Archives Nationales.</ref> he went on a mission to [[Siam]] for two years,<ref>''Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers'', by David Mason Greene 1985 {{ISBN|0-385-14278-1}} p.209 [https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA209&dq=Destouches+Siam&sig=P6ZcpX6Z9g1oTpKiIjMsPbzC-p4]</ref> leaving in January 1687, and spending some time at the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Siam in September. Coming back to France, in September 1688, he spent several months at the academy in the Manège royal, rue de Tournon. In 1692 he joined the army and participated in the invasion of [[Namur (province)|Namur]], discovering his musical talent while not occupied by combat.<ref>According to [[Titon du Tillet]], second supplement to the ''Parnasse français''.</ref> When his father died in August 1694, André Cardinal added "Destouches" to his name in memory of his father's title, Seigneur des Touches et de Guilleville. He quit the army in 1696 to pursue his musical aspirations.


Destouches' opera ''[[Issé (opera)|Issé]]'' was performed for [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] at the [[Grand Trianon|Trianon]] in 1697. Louis was impressed and said that he enjoyed his music as much as that of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]. The opera was successfully repeated at the Opéra a few weeks later. The following year found him dining with [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux|Boileau]] in the company of [[Jean Racine|Racine]].<ref>According to a letter of Racine noted in Masson 1959:89.</ref>
Destouches' opera ''[[Issé (opera)|Issé]]'' was performed for [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] at the [[Grand Trianon|Trianon]] in 1697. Louis was impressed and said that he enjoyed his music as much as that of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]. The opera was successfully repeated at the Opéra a few weeks later. The following year found him dining with [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux|Boileau]] in the company of [[Jean Racine|Racine]].<ref>According to a letter of Racine noted in Masson 1959:89.</ref>


After a series of successful operas and the commencement of his successful collaboration with the librettist [[Pierre-Charles Roy]], in 1713 the king appointed Destouches inspector general of the [[Académie Royale de Musique]], at a stipend of 4000 ''livres'' a year; later, in 1725 [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] would appoint him superintendent of chamber music for the [[Chambre du Roi]],<ref>''Maître de la Musique de la Chambre''.</ref> and then Director of the Académie. Under the [[Régence]], as Destouches' operas were revived at the Opéra, Destouches was able to purchase the ''terroir'' of [[La Vaudoire]] at [[Sartrouville]], conveniently close to Paris.<ref>He sold it in 1748 (Masson 1959: ''s.v.'' "1748".</ref> The young Louis XV danced in Destouches' ballet ''[[Les élémens]]''{{efn|Also written as ''Les éléments'', with 't'.}} at the [[Tuileries]], 31 December 1721,{{efn|It was published in 1725.}} and the aged Destouches led the musicians for his daughters' masked ball on 13 January 1744. With the beginning of the public [[Concert Spirituel|Concerts Spirituels]] in Paris, Destouches performed his ''De Profundis'' (1725) and his cantata ''Sémélé'' (1728) and [[motet]] for large chorus ''O dulcis Jesu'' (also 1728); Queen [[Maria Leszczyńska]] commanded Destouches to recreate the concert series at the Tuileries. With the death of [[Michel Richard Delalande]] in 1726, Destouches assumed control of the [[Musique du Roi]].
After a series of successful operas and the commencement of his successful collaboration with the librettist [[Pierre-Charles Roy]], in 1713 the king appointed Destouches inspector general of the [[Académie Royale de Musique]], at a stipend of 4000 ''livres'' a year; later, in 1725 [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] would appoint him superintendent of chamber music for the [[Chambre du Roi]],<ref>''Maître de la Musique de la Chambre''.</ref> and then Director of the Académie. Under the [[Régence]], as Destouches' operas were revived at the Opéra, Destouches was able to purchase the ''terroir'' of [[La Vaudoire]] at [[Sartrouville]], conveniently close to Paris.<ref>He sold it in 1748 (Masson 1959): ''s.v.'' "1748".</ref> The young Louis XV danced in Destouches' ballet ''[[Les élémens]]''{{efn|Also written as ''Les éléments'', with 't'.}} at the [[Tuileries]], 31 December 1721,{{efn|It was published in 1725.}} and the aged Destouches led the musicians for his daughters' masked ball on 13 January 1744. With the beginning of the public [[Concert Spirituel|Concerts Spirituels]] in Paris, Destouches performed his ''De Profundis'' (1725) and his cantata ''Sémélé'' (1728) and [[motet]] for large chorus ''O dulcis Jesu'' (also 1728); Queen [[Maria Leszczyńska]] commanded Destouches to recreate the concert series at the Tuileries. With the death of [[Michel Richard Delalande]] in 1726, Destouches assumed control of the [[Musique du Roi]].


In 1724 he married Anne-Antoinette de Reynold de la Ferrière.<ref>Masson 1959, ''s.v.'' "1724".</ref> He was buried in the crypt of [[Église Saint-Roch|Saint-Roch]], Paris.
In 1724 he married Anne-Antoinette de Reynold de la Ferrière.<ref>Masson 1959, ''s.v.'' "1724".</ref> He was buried in the crypt of [[Église Saint-Roch|Saint-Roch]], Paris.
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*''[[Marthésie]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by La Motte (11 October 1699)
*''[[Marthésie]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by La Motte (11 October 1699)
*''[[Omphale (Destouches)|Omphale]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by La Motte (10 November 1701)
*''[[Omphale (Destouches)|Omphale]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by La Motte (10 November 1701)
*''Le carnaval et la folie'' (''[[comédie-ballet]]''), libretto by La Motte (3 January 1704)
*''Le Carnaval et la folie'' (''[[comédie-ballet]]''), libretto by La Motte (3 January 1704). The work was recreated in 2007 at the Académie d'Ambronay, directed by Hervé Niquet, staged by Jacques Osinski and produced by the Centre Culturel d'Ambronay and the Théâtre de Reims.
*''[[Callirhoé]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by [[Pierre-Charles Roy]] (27 December 1712)
*''[[Callirhoé]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by [[Pierre-Charles Roy]] (27 December 1712). Recorded by [[Hervé Niquet]] and [[Le Concert Spirituel]] for [[Glossa Music|Glossa]].
*''[[Télémaque (Destouches)|Télémaque]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by the abbé [[Simon-Joseph Pellegrin]] (29 November 1714)
*''[[Télémaque (Destouches)|Télémaque]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by the [[abbé]] [[Simon-Joseph Pellegrin]] (29 November 1714), recreated at the [[Ambronay Festival]] (2023) by the ensemble Les Ombres.
*''Oenone'' ([[cantata]]), (February 1716)
*''Oenone'' ([[cantata]]) for solo voice with symphony, text by La Motte (February 1716). The work was recreated in 2009 at the Ambronay Festival by the ensemble Les Ombres.
*''[[Sémiramis (Destouches)|Sémiramis]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by Pierre-Charles Roy (4 December 1718)
*''[[Sémiramis (Destouches)|Sémiramis]]'' (''tragédie en musique''), libretto by Pierre-Charles Roy (4 December 1718)
*''Sémélé'', cantata for solo voice with symphony, text by La Motte (1719). The work was recreated in 2009 at the Ambronay Festival by the ensemble Les Ombres.
*''[[Les élémens]]'' (''[[opéra-ballet]]''), in collaboration with [[Michel-Richard Delalande|Delalande]], libretto by Roy (1721)
*''[[Les élémens]]'' (''[[opéra-ballet]]''), in collaboration with [[Michel-Richard Delalande|Delalande]], libretto by Roy (1721)
*''Les stratagèmes de l'amour'' (ballet), libretto by Roy (26 March 1726)
*''Les stratagèmes de l'amour'' (ballet), libretto by Pierre-Charles Roy (26 March 1726).

==Discography==

* ''Le Carnaval et La Folie'', Les Eléments, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, dir. Jean-Michel Hasler. CD Lyrinx, 1986
* ''Omphale'', ''Callirhoé'', Suites instrumentales, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, dir. Jean-Michel Hasler. CD Ades 1990
* ''[[Callirhoé]] :'' Cyril Auvity, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Callirhoé, Cyril Auvity, Agénor, João Fernandes, Corésus, Ingrid Perruche, La Reine, Renaud Delaigue, Le Ministre, Stéphanie Révidat, Une Princesse de Calypso, Une Bergère, [[Le Concert Spirituel]], conducted by Hervé Niquet. 2 CD Glossa 2007.
*''Les Éléments'', excerpts, The [[Academy of Ancient Music]], conducted by [[Christopher Hogwood]], Decca (L'Oiseau-Lyre) 475 9100 (CD). 2008.
* ''Sémélé'', cantate à voix seule avec symphonie, Les Ombres. CD Mirare, 2014
* ''[[Les élémens|Les Éléments]]'' : excerpts'','' Ensemble Les Surprises, conducted by L-N Bestion de Camboulas. CD Ambronay 2018
* ''[[Issé (opera)|Issé]] :'' Judith van Wanroij, ''Issé,'' Chantal Santon-Jeffery, ''Doris,'' Eugénie Lefebvre, ''La première Hespéride, une Nymphe, une Dryade,'' Mathias Vidal, ''Apollon (sous les traits du berger Philémon),'' Thomas Dolié, ''Hylas,'' Matthieu Lécroart, ''Jupiter, Pan,''Etienne Bazola, ''Hercule, le Grand Prêtre,'' Stéphen Collardelle, ''un Berger, Le Sommeil, l'Oracle''Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises, conducted by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. 2 CD Ambronay éditions 2019. Diapason d’or.
* ''[[Sémiramis (Destouches)|Sémiramis]] :'' Eléonore Pancrazi, ''Sémiramis,'' Emmanuelle De Negri, ''Amestris,'' Mathias Vidal, ''Arsane,'' Thibault de Damas, ''Zoroastre,'' David Witczak, ''L'Oracle, L'Ordonnateur des jeux funèbres,'' Judith Fa, ''Babylonienne, Prêtresse,'' Clément Debieuvre, ''Babylonien, Génie,'' Choeur du Concert Spirituel, Les Ombres, conducted by Sylvain Sartre. 2 CD Château de Versailles Spectacles 038. 2021. (The Prologue was not recorded).
* [[Télémaque (Destouches)|Telemaque & Calypso]]: Emmanuelle de Negri, Isabelle Druet, Margaux Blanchard, Antonin Rondepierre, Les Chantres Du [[Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles]] Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre 2CD 2024 Château de Versailles


==Notes==
==Notes==
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For the German composer, see Franz Seraph von Destouches.
André Cardinal Destouches

André Cardinal Destouches (sometimes called des Touches) (baptised 6 April 1672  – 7 February 1749) was a French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les élémens.

Biography

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Born in Paris,[1] the son of Étienne Cardinal, a wealthy merchant,[2] André Cardinal was educated by Jesuits. With the Jesuit Father Guy Tachard,[3] he went on a mission to Siam for two years,[4] leaving in January 1687, and spending some time at the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Siam in September. Coming back to France, in September 1688, he spent several months at the academy in the Manège royal, rue de Tournon. In 1692 he joined the army and participated in the invasion of Namur, discovering his musical talent while not occupied by combat.[5] When his father died in August 1694, André Cardinal added "Destouches" to his name in memory of his father's title, Seigneur des Touches et de Guilleville. He quit the army in 1696 to pursue his musical aspirations.

Destouches' opera Issé was performed for Louis XIV at the Trianon in 1697. Louis was impressed and said that he enjoyed his music as much as that of Jean-Baptiste Lully. The opera was successfully repeated at the Opéra a few weeks later. The following year found him dining with Boileau in the company of Racine.[6]

After a series of successful operas and the commencement of his successful collaboration with the librettist Pierre-Charles Roy, in 1713 the king appointed Destouches inspector general of the Académie Royale de Musique, at a stipend of 4000 livres a year; later, in 1725 Louis XV would appoint him superintendent of chamber music for the Chambre du Roi,[7] and then Director of the Académie. Under the Régence, as Destouches' operas were revived at the Opéra, Destouches was able to purchase the terroir of La Vaudoire at Sartrouville, conveniently close to Paris.[8] The young Louis XV danced in Destouches' ballet Les élémens[a] at the Tuileries, 31 December 1721,[b] and the aged Destouches led the musicians for his daughters' masked ball on 13 January 1744. With the beginning of the public Concerts Spirituels in Paris, Destouches performed his De Profundis (1725) and his cantata Sémélé (1728) and motet for large chorus O dulcis Jesu (also 1728); Queen Maria Leszczyńska commanded Destouches to recreate the concert series at the Tuileries. With the death of Michel Richard Delalande in 1726, Destouches assumed control of the Musique du Roi.

In 1724 he married Anne-Antoinette de Reynold de la Ferrière.[9] He was buried in the crypt of Saint-Roch, Paris.

Works

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Discography

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  • Le Carnaval et La Folie, Les Eléments, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, dir. Jean-Michel Hasler. CD Lyrinx, 1986
  • Omphale, Callirhoé, Suites instrumentales, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, dir. Jean-Michel Hasler. CD Ades 1990
  • Callirhoé : Cyril Auvity, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Callirhoé, Cyril Auvity, Agénor, João Fernandes, Corésus, Ingrid Perruche, La Reine, Renaud Delaigue, Le Ministre, Stéphanie Révidat, Une Princesse de Calypso, Une Bergère, Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet. 2 CD Glossa 2007.
  • Les Éléments, excerpts, The Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Christopher Hogwood, Decca (L'Oiseau-Lyre) 475 9100 (CD). 2008.
  • Sémélé, cantate à voix seule avec symphonie, Les Ombres. CD Mirare, 2014
  • Les Éléments : excerpts, Ensemble Les Surprises, conducted by L-N Bestion de Camboulas. CD Ambronay 2018
  • Issé : Judith van Wanroij, Issé, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Doris, Eugénie Lefebvre, La première Hespéride, une Nymphe, une Dryade, Mathias Vidal, Apollon (sous les traits du berger Philémon), Thomas Dolié, Hylas, Matthieu Lécroart, Jupiter, Pan,Etienne Bazola, Hercule, le Grand Prêtre, Stéphen Collardelle, un Berger, Le Sommeil, l'OracleLes Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises, conducted by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. 2 CD Ambronay éditions 2019. Diapason d’or.
  • Sémiramis : Eléonore Pancrazi, Sémiramis, Emmanuelle De Negri, Amestris, Mathias Vidal, Arsane, Thibault de Damas, Zoroastre, David Witczak, L'Oracle, L'Ordonnateur des jeux funèbres, Judith Fa, Babylonienne, Prêtresse, Clément Debieuvre, Babylonien, Génie, Choeur du Concert Spirituel, Les Ombres, conducted by Sylvain Sartre. 2 CD Château de Versailles Spectacles 038. 2021. (The Prologue was not recorded).
  • Telemaque & Calypso: Emmanuelle de Negri, Isabelle Druet, Margaux Blanchard, Antonin Rondepierre, Les Chantres Du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre 2CD 2024 Château de Versailles

Notes

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  1. ^ Also written as Les éléments, with 't'.
  2. ^ It was published in 1725.

References

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  1. ^ Biography in this article draws on the material in Renee P.-M. Masson, "Andre Cardinal Destouches surintendant de la musique du roi directeur de l'Opera 1672 - 1749" Revue de Musicologie 43 No. 119 (July 1959):81-98).
  2. ^ In 1683 the elder Cardinal founded a charity school for poor boys at Saint-Barthélemy, noted by Masson, s.v. "1683", "1715".
  3. ^ Tachard described the journey in a Second voyage au Siam, at the Archives Nationales.
  4. ^ Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers, by David Mason Greene 1985 ISBN 0-385-14278-1 p.209 [1]
  5. ^ According to Titon du Tillet, second supplement to the Parnasse français.
  6. ^ According to a letter of Racine noted in Masson 1959:89.
  7. ^ Maître de la Musique de la Chambre.
  8. ^ He sold it in 1748 (Masson 1959): s.v. "1748".
  9. ^ Masson 1959, s.v. "1724".
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