De Momigny, Jérôme-Joseph
(1762–1842)
JÉRÔME-JOSEPH DE MOMIGNYDE MOMIGNY, JÉRÔME-JOSEPHJÉRÔME-JOSEPH DE MOMIGNY [* 1762-† 1842] The Belgian theorist and music publisher Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny made Paris his home, and though he never won the acceptance of the Conservatoire, for which his Cours complet d'harmonie et de composition (1803-6) might have served as a useful text, his works were both progressive and distinctive. He challenged the standard arrangement of the scale and questioned the duplication of a pitch at both top and…