Antoine Romagnesi


Antoine Joseph Michel Romagnesi was a 19th-century French composer, music publisher and music theorist.

Life

Romagnesi was a pupil of Alexandre-Étienne Choron and Giuseppe Cambini. A soldier, then a clerk for the music publisher Auguste Le Duc in 1806, he became a publisher and music dealer himself in 1828, moving to 8 rue Richelieu in Paris.
He probably was a Freemason

Works

Nadir et Sélim, three-act opéra comique, first performed at the Théâtre Feydeau in 1822.La Guirlande, one-act opéra, composed for the Académie Royale de Musique.
He also composed numerous duets, trios, nocturnes, contredanses and fantasies for piano and more than 200 romances including:Le Chien du régimentL'Heureuse Destinée Le Présent et l'Avenir.

Publications

Étrennes Musicales, yearly collection.Le Troubadour des Salons. Journal de chant avec Accompagnement de Lyre ou GuitareL'Abeille musicale. Journal de Chant, composé pour les jeunes personnes, par les auteurs les plus estimés en ce genre. Journal, published between 1828 and 1839.