Classical French

GRÉTRY, André-Ernest-Modeste

Portrait of André Grétry (1785) by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Born Liège, Feb 8, 1741
Died in Montmorency, Seine-et-Oise, Sept 24, 1813

Grétry was the most successful composer of opéra comique for the Paris Opéra in the two decades leading up to the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette made Grétry her personal court music director in 1774.¹

Sources

M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton, “Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February .

Pieces

Zemire et Azor: Pantomime (arr. Beecham)