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BENOIT
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Dictionnaire de la musique (1992) :
"LA HOUSSAYE [Housset], Pierre (n Paris 11 IV 1735-m Paris 1818). Violoniste et compositeur. Elève de Piffet, puis de Pagin, il dut à la protection de ce dernier d'être parmi les musiciens du comte de Clermont, qu'il quitta bientôt pour s'attacher au prince de Monaco. Il suivit celui-ci à Padoue, sans doute vers 1753, et y reçut des leçons de Tartini. Il passa ensuite à Parme où il obtint un emploi dans la Musique de l'infant dom Philippe, tout en étudiant la composition avec le célèbre Taetta. La Houssaye revint bientôt à Padoue, y suivit des leçons de Tartini jusqu'en 1769. En 1772, il se rendit à Londres." [Retour à Paris vers 1776 : chef d'orchestre au Concert Spirituel, Comédie Italienne, Théâtre de Monsieur.] (résumé de l'article apr J.-E. Doussot)
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Grove Music Online
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Jeffrey COOPER : 'La Houssaye, Pierre', Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed 23 March 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"La Houssaye [Housset], Pierre(-Nicolas)
(b Paris, 11 April 1735; d Paris, 1818). French violinist, conductor and composer. Originally called Housset, he studied the violin in the 1740s with J.-A. Piffet. […] La Houssaye was later employed by the Count of Clermont, then by the Prince of Monaco, with whom he travelled to Italy, probably in about 1753. […] During his stay of about 15 years in Italy he became an excellent violinist and conductor.
In 1768 or later La Houssaye left Italy for London, probably passing through Paris. […] By 1776 La Houssaye had returned to Paris, and in 1777 he was named conductor and leader of the Concert Spirituel under Legros. […] In 1781 La Houssaye became conductor and leader of the Comédie-Italienne orchestra but remained a violinist at the Concert Spirituel until at least 1788. He also played in the highly respected Concert des Amateurs. From 1791 he shared with Joseph Lefebvre the position of orchestra director at the Théâtre Feydeau, but the merger with the Théâtre Favart in 1801 resulted in his dismissal. After the Paris Conservatoire opened in 1795, he was appointed a violin teacher, a post he retained until 1802. To maintain a livelihood, he played second violin in the Opéra orchestra and taught privately until 1813, when deafness and age forced him to retire. His final five years were spent in poverty."
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