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  1. Jean-Joseph was the son of Jean Bertrand Mouret, a silk merchant, who gave his son a good education and, noting his early gifts for music, supported his musical studies. Mouret sang and composed with success and, around the age of twenty-five, settled in Paris. Talented and agreeable, he became well-known there, and in 1708 he was introduced to ...

  2. Jean-Joseph Mouret, né à Avignon ( Vaucluse) le 11 avril 1682 1 et mort à Charenton-Saint-Maurice le 22 décembre 1738, est un musicien et compositeur français de la période baroque. Son talent lui a valu le surnom de « musicien des grâces ».

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  4. Pirithoüs is an opera by the French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 26 January 1723. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre. The opera takes its name from the King Pirithous of Greek mythology.

  5. Apr 11, 2024 · Mouret, Jean-Joseph (11 April 1682) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev) Length: 291 words. (b Avignon, 11 April 1682; d Charenton, 22 Dec. 1738).French composer and musical administrator. He was probably trained at the choir school of Avignon Cathedral but by 1707 he ...

  6. Biography. Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682, Avignon – 22 December 1738, Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer. Mouret's father was a prosperous silk merchant of Avignon, an amateur violinist who recognized his son's precocious musical abilities and provided him with a fine education. The elder Mouret generously supported his son's ...

  7. Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in Avignon – 22 December 1738 in Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are rarely performed, Mouret's name survives today thanks to the popularity of the Fanfare-Rondeau from his first ...

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