Louis Lacoste (composer)

Louis Lacoste, also given as De La Coste^[1] (c. 1675 – c. 1750) was a French composer of the Baroque era. He was a singer then chorus master and leader of the orchestra at the Paris Opéra (from 1710 to 1714). He composed several works for the stage, the most successful of which was Philomèle, first performed on 20 October 1705 by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, and revived in 1709, 1723, and 1734. Bradamante was a "bruising failure".^[2]

Operas

(all tragédies en musique)

• Philomèle (1705)
• Bradamante (1707)
• Créuse l'athénienne (1712)
• Télégone (1725)
• Orion (1728)
• Biblis (1732)

References

1. According to Grove Music Online, the two versions of his name appear on title-pages of scores, but the composer signed "Lacoste" on copies of the published scores of Télégone, Orion, and Biblis, found in Toulouse.
2. Fajon 2001.

• Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude Brenac (in French)
• Fajon, Robert (2001). "Lacoste [De La Coste], Louis" in Sadie 2001.
• Sadie, Stanley, editor (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5 (hardcover), OCLC 419285866 (eBook), and Grove Music Online.