Andre, Louis 1683-23.jan.1739 France or Germany, ? - Germany, Dresden
choirmaster, 11.sep.1720 appointed maitre de chapelle et compositeur at the Hofkapelle in Dresden in service of Friedrich August II king of Poland and elector of Sachsen, 1729-1733 appointed choirmaster of the music performances at the Protestant Hofkirche in Dresden, then received the supervision of the choirboys and also wrote the music for the just committed French force, 1734 again appointed compositeur de la danse at the Hofkapelle, 1812 none of his compositions had survived (Gerber), 1857 his masses were still sung in various churches of Warsaw (Sowinski)

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[] Mirtil. Pastorale. Dresden 23feb1721
libretto Poisson

[] Le triomphe de l'amour. Divertissement. Hoftheater, Dresden 13feb1725
libretto Poisson

writing: Essay de principe de musique par demandes, et par reponces, mis dans un ordre nouveau par Monsieur Andre, Maitre de chapelle de Sa Majeste, le Roy de Pologne, et electeur de Saxe. A Varsovie 1721 (pub Warsaw, Poland 1721)
autograph ms Liceo, Bologna Italy

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