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Grove Music Online
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ÉRIK KOCEVAR : 'Noblet, Charles', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 12 May 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com:
"Noblet, Charles (b Abbeville, 26 April 1715; d Paris, 26 Oct 1769). French organist, harpsichordist and composer. A second cousin of Pierre Février, he was organist of Ste Catherine, Abbeville from 1728 until 1737 before taking up the post of harpsichordist at the Ecole de Chant of the Paris Opéra on 1 September 1737. While filling these positions, he was made organist also to several Parisian convents and parishes: the church of the Mathurins (1 October 1738), Ste Madeleine-en-la-Cité (1 March 1739), Ste Opportune (19 September 1742) and the church of the Jacobins in the rue St-Honoré (1 July 1761), occupying these posts until his death. […] On 1 April 1739 he replaced Chéron as harpsichordist to the Opéra, retaining that post until 1 April 1768. He was also extremely active as a teacher; his pupils included Mlle Du Guesclin, the Comte de St Florentin and Princesse Pignatelli. In 1753 he was vigorously attacked in J.-J. Rousseau’s Lettre sur la musique française. Of his compositions, only his collection of harpsichord pieces (1757) is outstanding; they are in a rather conservative style except for some pieces such as Les bouffons, which irresistibly conjures up the opera buffa."
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