La Pouplinière, Alexandre-Jean-Joseph Le Riche de
La Pouplinière, Alexandre-Jean-Joseph Le Riche de
La Pouplinière, Alexandre-Jean-Joseph Le Riche de, French musical amateur; b. Chinon, July 26, 1693; d. there, Dec. 5, 1762. A wealthy member of the nobility and a statesman, he was a patron of music and a pupil of Rameau. The musical soirées he sponsored in his Paris home and Passy country estate became famous; his directors were Rameau, J. Stamitz, and Gos-sec. Upon Stamitz’s advice, he added horns, clarinets, and a harp to his orch., instruments seldom heard in a concert orch. before that time. La Pouplinière wrote a number of arias, some of which Rameau incorporated into his own works.
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