Jean-Benjamin de La Borde.
French composer, patron, writer and fermier général (1734–1794)
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About Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
Jean-Benjamin François de la Borde was a French composer, writer on music and fermier général. Born into an aristocratic family, he studied violin under Antoine Dauvergne and composition under Jean-Philippe Rameau. From 1762 to 1774, he served at the court of Louis XV as premier valet de la chambre, losing his post on the death of the king. He wrote many operas, mostly comic, and a four-volume collection of songs for solo voice, Choix de chansons mises en musique illustrated by Jean-Michel Moreau. Many of the songs from the collection were later published individually through the efforts of the English folksong collector Lucy Etheldred Broadwood. His Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne was published in 1780. La Borde was guillotined during the French Revolution in 1794.
Everything about Jean-Benjamin de La Borde →- Occupation
- choreographer, composer, music historian, librettist
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- September 5, 1734
- Died
- July 22, 1794