Trial, Jean-Claude

Trial, Jean-Claude (15 December 1752, Avignon; 23 June 1771, Paris), composer, had his first music lessons in his native city, where he was admitted to the concert orchestra at an early age. He went to Montpellier to study violin under Garnier, and he wrote a series of pieces for this instrument before long. He journeyed next to Paris in the hope of meeting Rameau, and he was fortunate enough to be named first violinist at the Opéra-Comique. The prince de Conti took an interest in him at this…