Pierre Alexandre Monsigny

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Pierre Alexandre Monsigny

French composer

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France, 1752–1815
…tending toward the tenderly tearful—was Pierre Alexandre Monsigny. Probably the finest of the 18th-century composers of opéra comique was a Belgian, André Grétry, who expertly balanced the French and Italian styles. He was an original and extremely productive composer over a 30-year period spanning the French Revolution (1787–99).
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…tending toward the tenderly tearful—was Pierre Alexandre Monsigny. Probably the finest of the 18th-century composers of opéra comique was a Belgian, André Grétry, who expertly balanced the French and Italian styles. He was an original and extremely productive composer over a 30-year period spanning the French Revolution (1787–99).
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