Pierre de La Garde (10 February 1717,
Crécy-la-Chapelle – c.1792) was a French composer and
baritone.[1][2][3] He was music master to the daughters of
Louis XV. His surviving compositions are mainly lightweight, composed for himself to sing and accompany himself on the guitar. His
opéra-balletAeglé (1748), of which a copy survives in the
Musée de l'Amérique française, has been revived in Canada, and his comic cantata La Sonate, commencing "N’admirés vous pas ce tableau...," was recorded by
Dominique Visse.
^L'iconographie musicale sous les rois Bourbons Albert P. de Mirimonde – 1977 "Pierre de la Garde (1725-1785), singer, composer, teacher and conductor enjoyed a great reputation. He performed his songs pleasantly by accompanying himself on the guitar, like
Jélyotte, with whom he sang"
^L'ecole francaise de violon, de Lully a Viotti: etudes d'histoire Volume 1
Lionel de La Laurencie – 1922 "Then he thinks of being replaced in his offices of royal music; On March 3, 1750, Pierre de La Garde received, on his resignation, a patent of composer of the music of the chamber"