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Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, nicknamed the Musician poet, more commonly Nicolas Dalayrac, was a French composer of the Classical period. Intended for a military career, he made the acquaintance of many musicians in the Parisian salons, which convinced him of his true vocation.

Biography
Childhood and youth Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac was born in Muret on 8 April 1753, into a noble family of Sir Jean d'Alayrac, adviser to the king in the election of Comminges and his wife Marie Cluzel. Baptized five days later, Nicolas Alayrac is the oldest of five children. He was the first of four children, including two sisters who died at a young age, he was sent to the bar, and went to study in Toulouse. Although trained as a lawyer, he was encouraged by his father to abandon his career and follow his passion for music. He married the actress Gilberte Pétronille Sallarde. After the French Revolution he changed his name from the aristocratic d'Alayrac to Dalayrac. In 1804, he received the Légion d'honneur. He died in Paris, aged 56. == Opéras-comiques ==
Opéras-comiques
1780–1789 in the original production of NinaLe chevalier à la mode (1781) • Le petit souper (1781) • ''L'éclipse totale'' (1782) • ''L'amant statue'' (1785) • La dot (1785) • Nina, ou La folle par amour (1786) • Azémia (2 parties, 1786) • ''Renaud d'Ast'' (1787) • Sargines (1788) • Fanchette (1788) • Les deux petits Savoyards (1789), libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, first performance by Les Comédiens ordinaires du Roi, 14 January 1789. • Raoul, sire de Créqui (1789) 1790–1799La soirée orageuse (1790) • Le chêne patriotique (1790) • Vert-Vert (1790) • Camille ou Le souterrain (1791) • Agnès et Olivier (1791) • Philippe et Georgette (1791) • ''Tout pour l'amour'' (1792) • Ambroise (1793) • Asgill (2 parties, 1793) • La prise de Toulon (1794) • Le congrès des rois (1794) • ''L'enfance de Jean-Jacques Rousseau'' (1794) • Les détenus (1794) • Adèle et Dorsan (1795) • Marianne (1796) • La maison isolée (1797) • La leçon (1797) • Gulnare (1797) • Alexis (1798) • Léon (1798) • Primerose (1798) • Adolphe et Clara, ou Les deux prisonniers (1799) 1800–1809 of two elegantly dressed Ladies, with sheet music of Aire de Maison à vendreAire de Maison à vendre (1800) • Léhéman (1801) • ''L'antichambre'' (1802) • La boucle de cheveux (1803) • La jeune prude (1804) • Une heure de mariage (1804) • Le Pavillon du Calife, ou Almanzor et Zobéïde, opera in two acts and in free verse, in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste-Denis Despré and Étienne Morel de Chédeville (1805) • Le pavillon des fleurs (1805) • Gulistan ou Le hulla de Samarcande (1805) • Deux mots (1806) • Koulouf ou Les chinois (1806) • Lina (1807) • Élise-Hortense (1808) • Les trois sultanes (1809) • Le poète et le musicien (1809, op. post., f.p. 1811) == References ==
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