PHILIDOR.
A numerous family of French musicians, the founder being Michel DANICAN, a native of Dauphiné, who died in Paris about . He was a good oboist, and Louis XIII, who had considerable knowledge of music, was so delighted with his playing that he exclaimed, ‘I have found another Philidor.
’ Filidori of Siena had formerly been a favourite oboist at court, and the king's compliment procured Michel Danican the surname of ‘Filidor
’—or Philidor according to French spelling...