Dauvergne, Antoine
(1713–1797)> COMPOSER
Dauvergne, Antoine (4 October 1713, Clermont-Ferrand; 12 February 1797, Lyon), composer, was superintendant of music for the king and director of the Royal Academy of Music between 1769 and 1790. His father had started him on a career in music by giving him lessons and sending him to Paris in 1739 to finish his education. After his arrival in the capital, he became one of the king’s violinists in 1740; he entered the Opéra orchestra in 1741. A decade later he decided to try his hand at…