Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey
Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey (26 October 1738 in Lauzerte – 12 May 1811 in Paris) was a French classical cellist, the brother of Jean-Baptiste Rey.
Like his brother, Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey began as a choirboy at the Abbey of Saint-Sernin, where he studied music. At the age of sixteen, he joigned the theater in Montpellier as a cellist. He went to Paris in 1755, where he took lessons from Bertaut. Two years later, he became a cellist at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. He returned to Paris in 1766 and entered the orchestra of the Paris Opera the following year. In 1772, he was admitted to King Louis XVI's chapel. He retired from the Opera House in 1806 and committed suicide less than five years later, cutting his throat with a razor.[1]
He was the author of vocal and instrumental music (three ballets, one opera, four ariettas, six cello sonatas, six duos for cello and a trio).
References
- ↑ Francois-Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1866-1868, (p. 235).
External links
- Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey on ItalianOpera
- Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey on Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period
- Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey on Dictionnaire des compositeurs francs-maçons