Louis-Balthazar de La Chevardière (February 1730 in Volx – 8 April 1812 in Verrières-le-Buisson) was a French music publisher in the second half of the 18th century.
Biography
La Chevardière's catalog in 1764, second page of Six Simphonies ou quatuors dialogués (Hob. III : 1 à 6) by Joseph Haydn – funds BnF.[1]
The publishing activities of the Chevardière were announced in several periodicals in October 1758.[2] He first took over the company that Jean-Pantaléon Le Clerc[3] had passed to his daughter, Madame Vernadé. And indeed, in December 1758. The Chevardière designated himself as "successor to Mr. Le Clerc." He briefly associated with Huberty (1722-1791), whose name appeared jointly on some 1759 scores: Paris, de La Chevardière et Huberti, successeurs de M. Leclerc.[2] But until 1780, La Chevardière worked alone. In February 1780, he entrusted the management of the shop to his daughter, Elisabeth Éléonore and his step-son Jean-Pierre Deroullède for three years. On 1 December 1784, he sold the company to Pierre Leduc (1755–1818) – the brother of composer Simon Le Duc – and retired in Verrières-le-Buisson where he became mayor of the city (1790).
His son, Alexandre-Louis Lachevardière (1765–1828), was a jacobin activist, then a senior official who had a son, Alexandre Lachevardière (1795–1855), an editor and bookseller.[4]
Bibliography
Michel Brenet, « Les débuts de l’abonnement musical », Mercure musical, ii (1906), (p. 256-273) OCLC843350862
