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Nicolas Isouard

Nicolas Isouard was a Franco-Maltese composer.

Biography
Born in Valletta, Malta, Isouard studied in Rabat or Mdina with Francesco Azopardi, in Palermo with , and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi. From 1795 he was organist at St John's Co-Cathedral - the Conventual Church of the Order of Saint John in Valletta He moved to Paris, where he worked as a free composer and became friends with Rodolphe Kreutzer. The pair worked together on several operas, including ''Le Petit page, ou La Prison d'état (1800) and Flaminius à Corinthe (1801). Isouard adopted the pseudonym Nicolò (or Nicolò de Malte) and found rapid success in the field of opéra comique with Michel-Ange (1802) and L'Intrigue aux fenêtres'' (1805). He composed regularly for the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, writing some thirty works for the theatre. He composed masses, motets, cantatas, romances, and duos, along with over 45 operas. ==Family and legacy==
Family and legacy
Isouard had two daughters, Sophie-Nicole (1809–1885), a composer of romances, and Annette-Julie (1814–1876), a pianist and composer. His brother Joseph (1794–1863) had a career as a singer and opera director before being named inspector of historic monuments in Rouen. Nicolas Isouard died in Paris and was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. A bust of the composer was placed on one of the facades of both the ''Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and the Palais Garnier'', and one of the main squares in Paris was given his name. ==Works==
Works
Casaciello, perseguitato da un Mago, Opera buffa - Two-act comedy 1793, Malta • ''L'avviso a Maritati'', Opera, Florence June 1794 • Artaserse, re di Persia, Opera seria, Livorno August 1794. Two excerpts only survive. Edited by Richard Divall • Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera buffa after Pierre Beaumarchais, Malta Teatro Manoel 1796 • ''Rinaldo d'Asti'', Dramma giocoso, Malta 1796 • ''L'improvvisata in campagna'', Opera buffa, Malta 1796-7 • I due avari, Commedia per musica, Malta 1797 • Il bottaio, Opera comique, 1798 • ''Il barone d'Alba chiara'', Commedia per musica, Carnevale, Malta 1798 • Ginevra di Scozia, Dramma serio eroico, 1798 • ''Le Petit page, ou La Prison d'état'', Opera, Paris, February 1801 • Flaminius à Corinthe, Opera, Paris February 1801 • Le Tonellier Opera-comique, Paris May 1801 • ''L'Impromptu de campagne'', Opera-comique, Paris June 1801 • La Statue, ou La Femme avare, Opera comique, 1802 • Michel-Ange, Opera, 1802 • Les Confidences, Opera, 1803 • Le Baiser et la quittance, ou Une Aventure de garnison, Opera comique, 1803 • Le Médecin turc, Opéra bouffon, 1803 • ''L'Intrigue aux fenêtres'', Opera, 1805 • La Ruse inutile, ou Les Rivaux par convention, Opera, 1805 • Léonce, ou Le Fils adoptif, Opera, 1805 • La Prise de Passaw, Opera comique, 1806 • Le Déjeuner de garçons, Comédie mêlée de musique, 1806 • Idala, ou La Sultane, Opera comique, 1806 • Les Rendez-vous bourgeois, Opéra bouffon, 1807 • Les Créanciers, ou Le Remède à la goutte, Opera comique, 1807 • Un Jour à Paris, ou La Leçon singulière, Opera comique, 1808 • Cimarosa, Opera comique, 1808 • ''Zélomir, ou L'Intrigue au sérail'', Opera comique, 1809 • Cendrillon, Opéra féerie after Charles Perrault, 1810 • La Victime des arts, ou La Fête de famille, Opera comique, 1811 • ''La Fête de village, ou L'Heureux militaire'', Opera comique, 1811 • Le Billet de loterie, Opera comique, 1811 • Le Magicien sans magie, Opera comique, 1811 • Lulli et Quinault, ou Le Déjeuner impossible, Opera comique, 1812 • Le Prince de Catane, ou Alamon, Opera, 1813 • Le Français à Venise, Opera comique, 1813 • Bayard à Mézières, ou Le Siège de Mézières, Opera comique, 1814 • ''Joconde, ou Les Coureurs d'aventures'', Opera comique, 1814 • Jeannot et Colin, Opera comique, 1814 • Les Deux maris, Opera comique, 1816 • ''L'Une pour l'autre, ou L'Enlèvement'', Opera comique, 1816 • Les Deux capitaines de hussards Opera comique, Paris, March 1817 • Aladin, ou La Lampe merveilleuse, Opéra féerie, 1822 • Une Nuit de Gustave Wasa, Opera, 1825 Sacred works - all with orchestra and voices (In alphabetical order). Original Manuscripts - Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris • Angelus Domini • Credo Leg a 4 Voci 1795 • De torrente in A flat major • De torrente in B flat major • Diffusa est Gratia • Dixit Dominus a 4 • Dixit Dominus Leg • Dominus Deus a Terzetto • Gloria in D • Gratia agimus tibi in E flat • Gloria Patri in E flat • Kyrie in E flat • Kyrie in C minor • Kyrie Messa no 2 in E flat - fragment • Juravit Dominus • Lauda Jerusalem • Laetatus sum • Magnificat • Missa a Quattro Voci 1790 ( attr. to another composer) Cospicua Archives • Missa Pro Defunctorum - Jommelli, orchestrated by Isouard (Brussels Conservatoire Library) • Nisi Dominus • Panis Angelicus • Qui Tollis • Quoniam Tu Solus • Salve Regina • Sinfonia in C minor • Stabat Mater (5 fragments) Suscepimus Deus • Te Deum 1791 • Vexilla Regis • Virgam Virtutis for tenor and bass duet • Virgam Virtutis for solo tenor • Virtute Magna All of the above have been edited by Richard Divall and are available from the University of Divinity, Australia. Richard Divall is currently preparing a publication of a monograph and complete thematic catalogue, and an edition of the opera Cendrillon. ==Further reading==
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