Amédée Méreaux [SEP] place of birth
Amédée Méreaux
Amédée Méreaux (full name Jean-Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux) (Paris, 17 September 1802 – Rouen, 25 April 1874) was a French musicologist, pianist, and composer. He was the author of "Les clavecinistes de 1637 à 1790", written from 1864 to 1867, which had essays on the composers it mentioned. His grandfather, Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797), was a composer of operas and oratorios, while his father, Jean-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux, was
Méreaux
Méreaux is the surname of a number of French composers:
- Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745-1797), an opera composer
- Joseph-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux (1767-1838), his son, a composer for the piano
- Amédée Méreaux (1802-1874), son of Joseph-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux, a musicologist, pianist and composer
- Max Méreaux (born 1946), a composer and music teacher