|
See also:PHILIDOR, See also:FRANCOIS See also:ANDRE DANICAN (1726-1795) , See also:French composer and See also:chess-player, was See also:born at See also:Dreux, on the 7th of See also:September 1726, of a musical See also:family. The family name was Danican, but that of Philidor, added in the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century, eventually supplanted the older name. Francois Andre received a musical See also:education as a member of the See also:corps of pages attached to the See also:orchestra of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king; and subsequently he earned his living by giving lessons and copying See also:music. Much of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time was, however, devoted to chess, at which he soon became an See also:expert. He spent many years in travelling on the See also:Continent and in See also:England, See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting and defeating the most noted players of the time, and is regarded as the strongest player and greatest theoretjcian of the 18th century. Returning to See also:France in 1754, he resolved to devote himself seriously to musical See also:composition, and after producing several See also:works of See also:minor importance brought out at See also:Paris, in the See also:year 1759, his successful See also:light See also:opera, Blaise le Savetier, which was followed by a' number of others, notably Le Soldat magicien (176o), Le Jardinier et son seigneur (1761), Le Sorcier (1762), and Tom See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones (1764). He died in See also:London on the 31st of See also:August 1795.
End of Article: PHILIDOR, FRANCOIS ANDRE DANICAN (1726-1795)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!