Portrait Of The Composer Nicolas Piccini
Le Chesnay, France
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Height
29.0 cm
Width
21.0 cm
Wear conditions
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Beautiful portrait etched by Nicolas Piccini engraver Louis-Jacques Cathelin (Paris 1739 - Paris 1804), from a portrait of the composer by the musician painter Charles Robineau (died in Paris in 1787). Nic Piccini
With a divine grace, by turns comic and touching, if he is the Moliere of song, he is none the less the Racine "
Painted by Robineau, engraved by Cathelin, engraver of the king. In Paris, at Basan, printshop, street and hotel Serpente, n ° 14 ".
Nicolas Piccini was born in Bari on January 16, 1728 of a musician father.
Originally destined for the priesthood, it is noticed by the bishop of Bari and sent on his recommendation to the Naples Conservatory. He follows the teaching of great composers like Leo or Durante. From 1754, he began a career as a theater composer. In 1760 he created the opera food "La Cecchina" in Rome that met with such success that it will be played later in all Europe. Eight years later, it's his serious opera "The Olimpiade" which in turn meets a real triumph across Europe. His works are then better known than those of Vivaldi or Pergolese. With his success, Piccini decides to go to Paris, where he will find the protection of Queen Marie Antoinette. The encyclopedist and playwright Marmontel will teach him French. In 1777, he creates in Paris his first French opera "Roland". From the first performances, the Parisian public, in lack of musical quarrels since that of the lullists and the ramistes and that of the Bouffons, splits into two parties: that of the gluckistes and that of the piccinists. In this quarrel, Glück is also a bad player. But despite his detractors, "Roland" triumphs and Piccini retains the favors of the queen. He gives singing lessons at Versailles, directs the Italian troupe which performs at the Opera and is even appointed in 1784 professor at the Royal School of singing and declamation. When the French Revolution arrives, Piccini loses all his posts one after another and must finally flee to Naples in his homeland. The unfortunate is not at the end of his troubles and is placed under house arrest because, his daughter having married a French Republican, he is himself suspected of Jacobinism. After experiencing the golds of Versailles, Piccini will then live four years of misery. He will have to wait until peace is signed between the kingdom of Naples and the French Republic to return to Paris where he will be greeted enthusiastically. Shortly before his death, he was appointed inspector at the conservatory.
He died at the age of 72 on May 7, 1800 in Passy.
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