Mouret, Jean-Joseph
(1682–1738)> COMPOSER
Mouret, Jean-Joseph (1682, Avignon; 22 December 1738, Charenton), composer, was the son of a silk merchant wealthy enough to provide his children with good educations. Mouret composed a few pieces of music that called attention to his talents before he was 20, and it was decided in 1707 that he should go to Paris. It was not long before he became superintendent of music for the duchess du Maine and composed several divertissements for this famous insomniac’s nights at Sceaux. One of these…