François-André Danican Philidor
French composer and chess player
François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), born François-André Danican and often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess master. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He is widely regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century. A chess opening, an endgame position, and a checkmate method are all named after him.
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Works
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- Le Sorcier 1764
- Blaise le savetier
- Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège
- L'Art de Modulation
- L'Art de la modulation
- La Rosière de Salency
- Le Bûcheron ou les trois souhaits
- Le Soldat magicien
- Les femmes vengées
- Sancho Pança
- Thémistocle
- Tom Jones
Box sets & recent recordings
- Mythology - A Musical Odyssey Through Ancient Legends — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aaron Jay Kernis, Alexander Scriabin, Alonso Mudarra, Ambroise Thomas, Anatoly Lyadov, André Campra, Andre Danican Philidor, André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Anonymous (2026) box set · 148 tracks Spotify
- A Merry Feast with Music — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin, Alban Berg, Albert Roussel, Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Scriabin, Amilcare Ponchielli, Andre Danican Philidor, Anonymous (2026) box set · 110 tracks Spotify
- Philidor: L'Art de la Modulation — François-André-Danican Philidor, Chantal Andranian, Gisèle Andranian (2022) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.