Nicolas Roze

Nicolas Roze ( born January 17, 1745 in Val- d'Or - Bourgneuf, † September 30, 1819 in St. Mandé ) was a French music teacher and composer.

Life

Roze received his education in Beaune, where he was a choir boy, singer, and last from 1767 to 1769 director of music at Notre- Dame de Paris. 1769 to 1775 he was Kapellmeister of the Église des Innocents in Paris. From 1779 he worked as General bass and harmony teacher, since 1807, he was head librarian at the Conservatoire. Among his pupils was Jean -François Lesueur.

Roze composed church music and wrote musicological writings, among other things, the Gregorian chant.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodges Les Cœurs Simples de l' Étoile Polaire (1778-1779), Saint -Jean d' Écosse du Contrat Social ( 1783), L' Olympique de la Parfaite Estime and from 1806 Neuf Sœurs.