André Danican Philidor
French oboist and composer · France · Musicians · Lived 1652 to 1730 · aged 78
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Something wrong?André Danican Philidor the elder [French: l'aîné], a member of the Philidorit family of French musicians and referred to as André Danican Philidor le père after 1709, was a music librarian, instrumentalist, and composer.
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André Danican Philidor the elder [French: l'aîné], a member of the Philidorit family of French musicians and referred to as André Danican Philidor le père after 1709, was a music librarian, instrumentalist, and composer. He is chiefly known as the organizer and principal copyist of what is now known as the Philidor Collection of French Baroque manuscript scores.
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