Villeneuve, André-Jacques
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Villeneuve, André-Jacques (?; ?), composer, has left no record of the circumstances surrounding his birth and death, but it is known that he had been music master at the cathedral of Aix before coming to Paris. In the spring of 1727 he presented his score for the translation into French of Psalm XCVI, and his heroic ballet entitled La Princesse d’Elide was mounted at the Palais-Royal on 20 July 1728. No one has explained why Villeneuve did not continue his career with the Royal Academy of…