Jean-Frédéric Edelmann

"The Reader" (1770), oil on canvas, 82 x 65 cm, of the painter Jean Honore Fragonard, contemporary of Edelmann (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

(1749-1794)

The composer Jean-Frédéric (Johann Friedrich) Edelmann, who wrote music for orchestra, chamber and vocal music, was born in Strasburgo on the 5th May 1749, the same year of the composers Cimarosa, Kerpen, Malzat, Navoigille, Saint-Amans, Schubaur, Turini, Urbani. He died in Parigi on the 17th July 1794

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of late Baroque

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"La Bergère des Alpes" was performed on the 20th of July 1781 in Parigi (Tuileries)

"Ariane dans l'isle de Naxos" was performed on the 24th of September 1782 in Parigi (Théâtre de l'Opéra)

"Diane et l'amour" was performed in 1802 in Parigi (Théâtre des Jeunes-Elèves)

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