Honoré Langlé

There he studied harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini under the direction of Pasquale Cafaro.

He remained for more than eight years, composing Masses and motets that gained him a sufficient reputation in Italy that he was appointed to direct the city theatre of Genoa.

In the following decade his reputation spread from the Parisian musical world of Versailles, where as Langlois, the spelling preferred by his son and grandson, he gave clavecin and fortepiano lessons to Queen Marie Antoinette.

Undeterred, though unable to get them publicly mounted, Langlé continued to compose operas in private for the rest of hid life.

His posthumous reputation has supported François-Joseph Fétis,[2] who found his music lacked qualities of genius, but his Traité d’harmonie et de modulation long remained a staple in academic teaching.