Jean-Frédéric Edelmann

Jean-Frédéric Edelmann was a French classical composer. He was born in Strasbourg to a Protestant family of Alsatian descent. After studying law and music, he moved to Paris in 1774 where he played and taught the piano. It is possible that Edelmann worked for some time in London. During the French Revolution he was appointed administrator of the Bas-Rhin. In late May 1794 he was arrested after a false accusation of treason. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 17 July 1794, he was executed the same day by guillotine in Place de la Barrière du Trône together with his brother Louis, other two Strasbourg citizens, and the sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne. His work was praised by Haydn and Mozart. ^{Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)}

5 May 1749

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