André Campra

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André Campra was a prominent French Baroque composer and conductor known for his influential operas and sacred music in late 17th- and early 18th-century France.

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instanceOf Baroque composer
French Baroque composer
composer
conductor
human
activeYearsEnd 1744
activeYearsStart 1680
burialPlace Église Saint-Joseph, Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1660-12-04
dateOfDeath 1744-06-29
employer Notre-Dame Cathedral
surface form: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d’Aix-en-Provence
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse
Royal Chapel of Versailles
surface form: Chapelle royale de Versailles
ethnicGroup French
familyName Echenique
surface form: Campra
father Giovanni Francesco Campra
genre grand motet
motet
opera
opéra-ballet
petit motet
sacred music
givenName André
influenced Jean-Philippe Rameau
influencedBy Jean-Baptiste Lully
languageOfWorkOrName French
mother Louise Fabry
movement Baroque
name André Campra self-link
notableFor development of the opéra-ballet genre
integration of Italian elements into French Baroque opera
notableWork Les Fêtes vénitiennes
L’Europe galante
Requiem
Tancrède
Te Deum
occupation chapel master
composer
conductor
placeOfBirth Aix-en-Provence
placeOfDeath Versailles
positionHeld maître de musique at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
maître de musique at Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d’Aix-en-Provence
maître de musique at Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse
sous-maître de la Chapelle royale
regionOfBirth Provence
religion Roman Catholicism

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André Campra name André Campra self-link