Jean-Baptiste Davaux

He received a number of public extra-musical appointments and, after the French Revolution, held an official position in the Ministry of War.

Marsollier des Vivetières, after a comedy by Hugh Kelly (False Delicacy), now lost, and Cécilia, ou Les trois tuteurs based on a novel by Fanny Burney, of which some extracts remain.

Between 1773 and 1788, the Concert Spirituel often presented his works and virtuosos such as Capron, Devienne, Pierre Leduc and Giornovichi played them.

His scores were published in Holland, England and Germany - most often in pirate editions - and his string quartets were played in the United States as early as 1782.

[1] One of them, titled "SINFONIE CONCERTANTE mélée d’Airs Patriotiques" from 1794 and without opus number, is punctuated with patriotic songs such as La Marseillaise and Ça ira.