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★ Follow music ► Composer: Louis-Charles Ragué () Work: Sonate pour la harpe avec accompagnement de Violon, Oeuvre XVIII (1792) Performers: Trio Dаuphine Painting: Johann Franz Hörmannsperger (1710-after 1736) - Music and Skittles (1736) HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Louis-Charles Ragué (1744 - Moulins, ) French composer and harp teacher. He received lessons of music when he was singing in the choirs of Saint-Aubin in Namur. He later deepened his study of the harp with his father, an organist in Dinant. From 1762 to 1771, he settled in Rome where he studied with Antonio Sacchini. In his return to Namur, he entered the service of the Bishop François-Marie de Lobkowitz with whom he accompanied, from 1776 to 1777, to the court of Frederick II of Prussia. In 1783, he published his first works in Brussels and then he settled in Paris. Was then when he achieved great success at the Concert Spirituel, mainly by his symphonies in three movements, strongly influenced by the Mannheim school. According to Fétis, Ragué retired to the environs of Moulins in 1792. After 1793, his trace was definitely lost. As a composer, despite his career was short on composing terms (1783-1792), his output was extensive and largely dedicated to the harp, an instrument very fashionable at his time. In that sense, he wrote 20 works or groups of works bearing opus numbers. He also left three operas, the oratorio 'Fin de la captivité de Babylone' (1784), three symphonies and two concertos.
