Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, born April 23, 1747, in Paris where he died January 13, 1828, is a French painter and musician, Priest-Catholic. Biography Son of the painter Charles-Jean Robineau, Alexandre-Auguste Robineau studied painting at his side, and for music, as a composer and violinist, under the direction of Pierre Gaviniès in 1754. At the age of seven, he became a chorister at the Sainte-Chapelle, where he later took holy orders. «Robineau was one of Gaviniès’ best students» He entered the clergy before leaving it. From 1762 to 1767, he studied music mainly at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto as a violin and composition student under Antonio Lolli, one of the most renowned Italian violinists and composers of the 18th century, master of the legendary Chevalier de Saint Georges. A brilliant violinist, Robineau often played in the Concert Spirituel, one of the earliest public concert series, after his return to Paris at the end of (1767). In 1772, he married Adélaïde Bertin de Bourdeilles, daughter of Henri Bertin. « He was accused of having a second brother, Auguste, who was a painter, and Alexandre, who was a composer of sonatas » Violin concertos for large orchest