Le Tonnelier Opéra comique en un acte - Philidor, François-André Danican 1726-1795; Alexandre, Charles-Guillaume c. 1735-1787/88; Ciampalanti, Giovanni; Gossec, François Joseph 1734-1829; Kohaut, Karl 1726-1784; Schobert, Johann 1720-1767; Trial, Jean Claude 1732-1771; Audinot, Nicolas-Médard 1732-1801 (Paris Le Clerc, 1761)
François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795) was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He is widely regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Opéra comique; Paris (France)