François Cupis de Renoussard


François Cupis de Renoussard Seigneur de Renoussard, called le cadet was an 18th-century classical French composer, cellist and music educator.

Biography

François Cupis de Renoussard was the son of, teacher of violin and rue de la Montagne in Brussels, and Marie-Anne de Smet.
He was the brother of the famous ballerina Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo and violinist.
He was a pupil of Martin Berteau. In 1750, he entered the Paris Opéra as basse du grand chœur. He stayed there until 1770.
Through his numerous compositions, which were musically of little inspiration, but had educational significance, Cupis strengthened his reputation for having given the cello in France a greater importance. François Cupis, on the one hand, stands in the same line between his teacher, Martin Berteau and Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and on the other, the brothers Jean-Louis and Jean-Pierre Duport.

Works

In addition to several works, not mentioned by François-Joseph Fétis, François Cupis wrote: