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According to The Oxford Companion to Music, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville was born in Narbonne and died near Paris aged sixty. He was a noted Parisian violinist, Superintendent of the Music to Louis XV, and composer of motets, oratorios, instrumental music and (especially) operas. In the famous fight of 1752-4 between the lovers of French music and those of Italian music, known as the Guerre des Bouffons, he was one of the chosen champions of the national school.
Websites:
CCD: de Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanea (1711-1772) , biography etc.
Books:
[§] Masters of the Violin : Sonatas for the Violin by Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondon amazon.com

Recorder Music CDs:
CD tracks/info The Arnold Dolmetsch Years, Vol. 8 by Carl Dolmetsch amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Arnold Dolmetsch Years, Vol. 8 by Carl Dolmetsch amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr