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Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

1711 - 1772

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Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf də mɔ̃dɔ̃vil], 25 December 1711 (baptised) – 8 October 1772), also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoyed great success in his day. Pierre-Louis Daquin (son of the composer Louis-Claude Daquin) claimed, "If I couldn't be Rameau, there's no one I would rather be than Mondonville". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Joseph de Mondonville is the 611th most popular composer (down from 581st in 2019), the 2,531st most popular biography from France (down from 2,431st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville ranks 611 out of 1,451Before him are Pietro Nardini, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Franz Abt, Manuel Ponce, Alexander Gretchaninov, and František Brixi. After him are Eduardo di Capua, Antoine François Marmontel, Louis Couperin, Sergei Bortkiewicz, James Scott, and Riccardo Drigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville ranks 15Before him are Ablai Khan, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, and William Boyce. After him are Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, Ignaz Holzbauer, and Carl Gustaf Pilo. Among people deceased in 1772, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville ranks 11Before him are Louis-Claude Daquin, Ernst Johann von Biron, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Gottfried Achenwall, Gerard van Swieten, and Princess Mary of Great Britain. After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, John Canton, Charles Pinot Duclos, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville ranks 2,531 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Prouvé (1901), Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846), Jacques Doriot (1898), Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (1676), and Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849). After him are Jean François de Troy (1679), Bernadette Lafont (1938), Pierre Renoir (1885), Antoine Pinay (1891), Jacques Mesrine (1936), and Daniel Gélin (1921).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville ranks 92Before him are Alexandre Desplat (1961), Hervé (1825), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Claude Goudimel (1514), and François Devienne (1759). After him are Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Louis Couperin (1626), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Pierre Henry (1927), Antoine Forqueray (1671), and François Sudre (1787).