Horace Coignet

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Horace Coignet (13 May 1735 - 29 August 1821) was a French composer. His most notable works include the music for Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 short play Pygmalion, first performed in Lyon in 1770.

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http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Horace_Coignet

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29797161 LCCN: n97876486 ISNI: 0000 0000 8109 1696 GND: 123562260 BNF: cb14809062t NKC: jx20100212002

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Name	Coignet
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Short description	a French composer who composed the first staged piece of melodrama
Date of birth	13 May 1735
Place of birth
Date of death	29 August 1821
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