#André Ernest Modeste Grétry

[lesser-known-composers]

André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) - Les fausses apparences, Act III: O douce nuit, sous ton ombre paisible (Live) ·

Alexandra Oomens · Orchestra of the Antipodes · Erin Helyard · · Thomas d'Hele

[empirearchives]

The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, circa 1804-8

By Jean-Baptiste Stouf, Belgian

[metmuseum]

The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741–1813). 1804–8. Credit line: Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1969 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/205107

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Thank you for the tag, @anarchist-mariner!

Nickname: Depends on who you ask; I appear to have quite a few. So if you have one for me, just try and see if I respond to it, I suppose. :)

Sign: Not a good one, if I you see me approach, smirking a little too contentedly.

Height: I am exactly William III of Orange-sized. Make of that what you will.

Last thing I googled: "Wetter [place name redacted]".

Song stuck in my head: I'm somewhere halfway between Comme un éclair from the opera La fausse magie (1775) by André-Ernest Modeste Grétry, and Arthur McBride.

No. of followers: a little over 300

Amount of sleep: Depends!

Lucky number: 3

Dream job: Joke answer? Morally Questionable Time Travelling Tulip Bulb Vendor. I planted north of 60 bulbs yesterday, which led me to think that had I a time machine, i would transport myself to the 1630s Netherlands, take a couple of bags of the most outlandish tulip bulbs I can find in my local garden centre (prized were especially white and red striped varieties, and anything out of the ordinary, really) and sell them at a huge profit. Thanks to coming from the future, I know when the bubble bursts, and can withdraw from the market in time. In a next step, I could travel on and use my immorally-begotten funds to support a venture or two that historically could have used some support. Perhaps we should make more than a few pikes be ready at the Rising of the Moon?

Real answer? Historian, or educator in a museum environment. History is, sadly, often regarded as an elitist discipline, inaccessible and boring, or reduced to a prop in 'historically inspired' fantasy fiction, when it really is so interesting and helps us understand the world we live in today.

Wearing: My robes of state, of course.

Movies/books that summarise you: I would not say that any book summarises me, as in, is the perfect blurb on the back cover of my personality, but I cherish the Horatio Hornblower and Aubreyad novels. I was about 10 or 11 years old when I found a novel on Gráinne Ní Mháille at my local public library, and have been hooked on historical naval fiction ever since.

Favourite song: Don't make me choose, I have so many!

Favourite instrument: harpsichord

Aesthetic: I really have no clue. At 300-something (a lady never reveals her true age!) i think I am a bit deaf to internet trends, alas. I might say dark academia (mostly because it's the first that springs to mind and it's actually quite nice visually), but having seen enough of academia to know, the much too bright 1960s light fixtures only go out when there's a power outage, so no.

Favourite authors: Marjorie Bowen, D. K. Broster

Favourite animal noise: a horse exhaling contentedly. Bonus points if the horse's head is resting on one's shoulder throughout.

Random: I'll never show my face on here, but apparently, I bear an uncanny resemblance to the Godfrey Kneller portrait of Mary II of England. I also do historical dancing, meaning we practice dances from between roughly the 1580s at the earliest, and the 18-naughties at the latest.

Thanks again for the tag! I'll tag whoever feels like participating! If anyone asks, tell them I tagged you! :)

[venicepearl]

Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova in a scenic costume for Les mariages samnites by André Ernest Modeste Grétry

[met-drawings-prints]

Portrait of the Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) by François Dumont, Drawings and Prints

Medium: Charcoal heightened with white

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selden Gift, 1972 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334316

[ojolosoy]

(vía https://open.spotify.com/track/6KLzlYMhS7FVooY1ZdGwdY?si=sZFYTOnAS_qm6k4rwRjluw)

[sunset-supergirl]

joyeaux anniversaire #AndreGretry #NowPlaying Grétry: L'amant jaloux by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

[lesser-known-composers]

Composer: André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813)

Work: Sonate a due Cembali

Performers: PauIe van Parys & Jan Van MoI (cembalos) Sonate a due Cembali 1. Sonata Prima 0:00 2. Sonata Seconda 9:19

[lesser-known-composers]

André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813)