Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747) - Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle (c.1737)
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Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Work: Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle (c.1737)
Performers: Frеiburgеr Barockorchester; Amandine Bеyеr (conductor)
Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle (c.1737)
1. Chaos 0:00
2. Chaconne 6:24
3. Rossignols 10:40
4. Tambourin 13:11
5. Sicilienne 17:27
6. Caprice 19:38
Painting: Follower of Claude Joseph Vernet (18th Century) - Shipping foundering off a rocky coast
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Painting: Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) - Le lancement d’un navire de guerre à l’entrée d’un port (1781)
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Painting: Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) - Summer Evening, Landscape in Italy
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Painting: Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729-1799) - The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (1777)
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Painting: Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) - View of Avignon from the right bank of the Rhone
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Painting: Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) - The Shipwreck (1772)
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Further info: https://rism.online/sources/990053887
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Jean-Fery Rebel [le père]
(Paris, bap. 18 April 1666 - Paris, 2 January 1747)
French violinist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer. Son of Jean Rebel (c.1636-1692), he showed talent for music and began playing the violin at an early age, winning the approbation of the King and Jean-Baptiste Lully when he was only 8. He then became his pupil in violin and composition. From 18 August 1705 he was one of the 24 Violons du Roi and then became batteur de mesure in that ensemble and in the Opéra orchestra. On 30 March 1718 he obtained from Michel-Richard de Lalande rights of reversion to the post of chamber composer to the king, and he duly succeeded his brother-in-law in this post on Lalande's death. He also was active at the Academic Royale de Musique in various capacities, being made its 'maitre de musique' (1716) and also conducted at the Concert Spirituel (1734-35). As he grew older he gradually gave up his various posts in favour of his son, the composer and violinist François Rebel [le fils] (1701-1775). He was held in high regard by his contemporaries. His last work, 'Les Elémens, simphonie nouvelle' (c.1737), preceded by a movement called Cahos (‘Chaos’), served as an introduction to the suite of dances making up Les elemens. Its harmonic daring, its orchestral colouring and the originality of its conception make 'Cahos' a masterpiece of 18th Century French instrumental music. His sister Anne-Renée Rebel (1663-1722) was a singer and she married Michel-Richard de Lalande.