[Sheet music] Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817) - Overture 'Aline, reine de Golconde' (1766)

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Composer: Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817)
Work: Overture 'Aline, reine de Golconde' (1766)
Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples
World Premiere: Yes
Sheet music (pdf): https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c5/IMSLP745094-PMLP314062-Ouverture_Reine_de_golconde_arr_dreux_Monsigny_Pierre-Alexandre_btv1b90584276.pdf
Sheet music (xml): https://www.mediafire.com/file/lpwrexny38bzfna/MONSIGNY-Overture.xml/file
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Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny [Moncigny, Moncini, Monsigni]
(Fauquembergues, near Saint-Omer, 17 October 1729 - Paris, 14 January 1817)

French composer. He was born into a noble but penniless family; his aristocratic origins were useful to him in his Parisian career, however, and are evident in the fact that all his scores were published anonymously, for it would have been improper for a nobleman to admit to being a musician. He settled in Paris in 1749, intending not to become a composer of operas but, according to Quatremère de Quincy, to ‘throw himself into finance’; he did indeed enter the service of the receiver general of the Clergé de France about 1750. In Paris Monsigny continued the musical studies he had begun in his native province, first with a violin master, then with Pietro Gianotti, an instrumentalist at the Opéra and the author of a didactic work Le guide du compositeur (Paris, 1759). Around 1755 he secretly wrote an opéra comique, Les aveux indiscrets, which launched his career as a composer when it was finally performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Germain in 1759. Association with Michel-Jean Sedaine offered him opportunity to write further works, such as Le roi et le fermier, Rose et Colas, and On ne s’avise jamais de tout of 1761. In 1766 he had a single success with a larger-form ballet héroïque, titled Aline, at the Académie royale de musique, but he preferred to remain with the popular genre. His success was international, with operas such as Le déserteur being performed throughout Europe. His own finances were stabilized in 1768 by the position of maître d’Hôtel to the duc de l’Orléans. By 1777 he had ceased to compose music, and during the Revolution his precarious financial situation was alleviated by a pension granted him through the Opéra Comique. In 1797 he was appointed an instructor at the Conservatoire and in 1804 was awarded the rank of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. Monsigny’s music is known for its simple pathos and ability to write effectively for ensembles. He was a deliberate composer who left only 17 opéras comiques, a few exercises for violin and keyboard, and the aforementioned ballet. #ClassicalMusic