Charles-Henri Plantade
(1764-1839)^[E6R]

Positions Held

Music master to the French royal chapel, 1816^[E6R]
Singing master and stage director at the Paris Opéra, 1812-15^[E6R]
Maître de chapelle at the Dutch court, 1806-10^[E6R]
Music master at the Institut de St Denis, 1797^[E6R]

Biographical

Composer, cellist, and teacher.^[E6R]
Studied cello as a youth, possibly with J-L Duport.^[E6R]
Moved to Paris and studied singing and composition with Langlé, Piano with Hüllmandel, and harp with Petrini.^[E6R]
Gained recognition after publishing sonatas for harp, and romances.^[E6R]
Taught singing at the Paris Conservatoire, 1799-1807, 1815–16, 1818–28.^[E6R]
Music master to Hortense de Beauharnais (later Queen-consort of Holland)^[E6R]
Had composed mostly stage works until 1816, as music master to the royal chapel, he began to compose a number of religious works.^[E6R]
His Te Deum and Regina coeli were composed for the coronation of Charles X.^[E6R]
His son was Charles-François Plantade.^[E6R]

Place of birth: Pontoise^[E6R]
Place of death: Paris^[E6R]