Antoine Marcel Lemoine

His youngest sonas baby I known as Henry Lemoine, took over the publishing business a year before his father's death.

[1] In 1781 he settled in Paris, where he gained a position as violinist in the orchestra of Theatre Montansier in Versailles.

Three years later Lemoine devoted himself entirely to music publishing but, after the French Revolution, he placed his business under capable management.

He officiated as conductor successively of the orchestras of the Theatre Molière, Mareux, and of the Rue Culture and St.

[1] Although Lemoine had received no instruction in harmony or counterpoint, he successfully composed, arranged, and orchestrated all the music performed in these theatres.