Robert Cambert

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Robert Cambert was a 17th-century French composer often regarded as one of the pioneers of French opera.

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instanceOf Baroque composer
composer
human
opera composer
activeIn 17th century
causeOfDeath suspected poisoning
coFounded Académie d’Opéra in Paris NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Pierre Perrin NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth circa 1628
dateOfDeath 1677
employer court of Louis XIV NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork music composition
theatre music
followedBy Jean-Baptiste Lully in control of French opera
genre Baroque music
opera
genreOfWork Les peines et les plaisirs de l’amour is a pastoral opera NERFINISHED
Pomone is an early French opera
hasGenre air de cour
ballet de cour
influenced Jean-Baptiste Lully NERFINISHED
development of tragédie en musique
influencedBy Italian opera
knownFor helping establish French-language opera in Paris
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French Baroque NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableEvent loss of royal privilege for the Académie d’Opéra to Lully
notableFor being one of the pioneers of French opera
notableWork Les peines et les plaisirs de l’amour NERFINISHED
Pomone NERFINISHED
occupation composer
patron Anne of Austria NERFINISHED
Cardinal Mazarin NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld superintendent of music to the Queen of France
precededBy early Italian opera composers active in France
relocatedTo England NERFINISHED
roleInOrganization musical director of the Académie d’Opéra
studentOf Jacques Champion de Chambonnières NERFINISHED
style French courtly style
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Paris
workPremiere Pomone premiered in 1671 in Paris

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Pierre Perrin collaboratedWith Robert Cambert