Le Chevalier de Canolle. Quadrille de contredanses suivi d'une valse, pour le piano, avec accomp. de violon, flûte ou flageolet, ad. libitum - Fontmichel, Hippolyte de 1799-1874; Lemoine, Henry 1786-1854 (Paris Lemoine, 1836)
Keyboard part only
Printer's Plate No.1858.H.
The 5 numbers of the Quadrille are followed by a Galop;the score contains no 'Valse'.
De Fontmichel studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and in 1822 he received the deuxième Second Grand Prix de Rome for the cantata Geneviève de Brabant. During his stay in Italy he composed two operas: Amadeo il Grande and I due Forzati. After the premiere in 1836 of the comic opera Le Chevalier de Canolle at the Opéra-Comique was a failure, de Fontmichel retired to Grasse, where he devoted himself to farming. Here he composed several opera choruses and an opera on the subject of Hamlet, as well as several romances. He also worked as organist at Grasse Cathedral and the Couvent de la Visitation and composed several religious works.
Henry Lemoine was a French piano teacher, music publisher, and composer
Paper cover belongs to another work in the series of "Contredanses pour le Piano seul arranged and published by Lemoine, as title on the cover reads "à Madem.lle Louise de Golbéry. La Chatte Métamorphosée en femme. Musique de A. Montfort, Premier Quadrille sur des Motifs du Ballet, Composé pour le Piano avec de Violon, Flûte, Flageolet, Basse et Piston ad. lib. Par Henry Lemoine" and has printer's plate No 1966.H. "La Chatte..." is a one-act comic opera from 1858 by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville.
Keywords: Opéra-Comique (Paris, France); 19th Century (1801-1900); Keyboard music; Ballet; Contredanse; Paris (France)