André Cardinal Destouches

André Cardinal Destouches (baptized April 6, 1672, Paris, France—died Feb. 7, 1749, Paris) was a French opera and ballet composer of the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau. André Cardinal was the son of a wealthy Parisian merchant, Etienne Cardinal, Seigneur des Touches et de Guilleville, but he did not take any form of the patronym until 1694, after which he was known as Destouches. He was educated by the Jesuits and traveled with...