Rey, Jean-Baptiste
(1734–1810)> COMPOSER
Rey, Jean-Baptiste (18 December 1734, Lauzerte; 15 July 1810, Paris), composer, started his musical career at age four as a choirboy in Saint-Sernin abbey. He proved to be an excellent student and became chapel master in Auch at age 17. He had differences of opinion with the chapter here, however, and he gave up ecclesiastical music to conduct the orchestra in the opera house at Toulouse. He held the same position at the theatres of Montpellier, Marseilles, Bordeaux, and Nantes over the next…