Langlé, Honoré François Marie
(1741–1807)
HONORÉ FRANÇOIS MARIE LANGLÉLANGLÉ, HONORÉ FRANÇOIS MARIEHONORÉ FRANÇOIS MARIE LANGLÉ [* 1741-† 1807] The founding of Paris's Conservatoire de musique in 1795 brought about a demand for systematic texts of music instruction. Honoré François Marie Langlé, who served as professor of harmony and librarian of the new school, helped fill this void by writing or contributing to a variety of manuals on harmony, solfège, counterpoint, and fugue. Langlé's harmonic theory, expounded in his Traité…