Horace Coignet
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Horace Coignet was a French composer. His most notable works include the music for Jean-Jacques Rousseau
's 1762 short play Pygmalion, first performed in Lyon in 1770.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.His novel Émile: or, On Education is a treatise...
's 1762 short play Pygmalion, first performed in Lyon in 1770.
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