Louis-Toussaint Milandre

1776) was a French composer, violinist, viol and viola d'amore player in the court chamber music of Louis XV of France.

[1] Milandre's Méthode facile pour la viole d'amour (Easy Method for the Viola d'amore), published in 1771[2] (previously thought to be published in 1782), contains thorough information on viola d'amore technique, along with a selection of arrangements and compositions.

The method remains an important pedagogical volume.

[2] In 1776, Milandre was editor of L'année musicale, a Parisian musical journal.

[2] Several composers including Louis van Waefelghem, Vadim Borisovsky and Willy Burmester have made arrangements and transcriptions of Milandre's works.