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PHILIDOR, FRANCOIS ANDRE DANICAN (1726-1795) , French composer and chess
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Philidor , added in the middle of the 17th century , eventually supplanted the older name. Francois Andre received a musical education as a member of the corps of pages attached to the orchestra of the king; and subsequently he earned his living by giving lessons and copying music. Much of his time was, however, devoted to chess
Continent and in England, meeting
century . Returning to France in 1754, he resolved to devote himself seriously to musical composition, and after producing several works of minor importance brought out at Paris, in the year 1759, his successful light 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 Jones
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