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Philippe Beaussant
(6 May 1930 – 8 May 2016) was a
French
musicologist
and
novelist
. He was expert on French
baroque music
. He was born in
Bordeaux
, France.
He was the founder of the
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
. He was the artistic adviser of 1987 to 1996. He has also been a producer of musical programs for
Radio France
since 1974. He was known for writing the biography of
Jean-Baptiste Lully
,
Lully ou le musicien du soleil
(
Editions Gallimard
, 1992).
[1]
Beaussant won the 1993
Grand Prix du roman de l'Academie francaise
for his novel
Heloise
.
He was elected to seat 36 of the
Academie francaise
on 15 November 2007.
[2]
He died in
Paris
on 8 May 2016, aged 86.
