October 17 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 17th are here: Herbert Howells; Shinichi Suzuki; Eminem (2019) and Gary Puckett (2020)

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Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (17 October 1729 – 14 January 1817) was a French composer, and one of the originators of the opéra comique  style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monsigny Madness

If his tunes have a family weakness,

It's their simple straight-forward comiqueness,

But his ditties held sway

As the hits of the day,

And were reckoned the acme of chicness.

 

 

 

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