About Joseph François Salomon
Lived 1649 – 1732 (aged 82–83). Joseph François Salomon was a French composer.
Joseph François Salomon (April 1649 – 5 March 1732) was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Toulon, Provence, he learnt to play the bass viol and harpsichord, and went to Paris to work as a musician for the royal family. He was 52 when he composed his first opera, the tragédie en musique Médée et Jason.
Operas Médée et Jason (1713) Théonoé (1715)
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French composer (1649-1732)
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Joseph François Salomon was born in 1649.
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Joseph François Salomon died on 5 March 1732.
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Joseph François Salomon was a composer.
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