Fontenelle, Granges de
(1769–1819)> COMPOSER
Fontenelle, Granges de (1769, Villeneuve d’Agen; 1819, Villeneuve d’Agen), composer, took his first music lessons at an early age in his native city before going to Paris to study harmony under Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey . He was especially eager to have a work performed at the Opéra because Rey was director of the orchestra at this prestigious theatre. His Hécube was accordingly performed there in 1799. Unfortunately it did not enjoy the success that some critics believed that it deserved, and…