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Né à Paris en 1681 ou 1682 d’un père maître gainier et ” ordinaire ” de la duchesse de Bourgogne, J.-F. Dandrieu fit, comme E. Jacquet et Daquin, des débuts d’enfant prodige à la Cour devant Madame, princesse Palatine. Il reçut les conseils de son oncle l’abbé Pierre Dandrieu, organiste et compositeur, puis ceux de Jean-Baptiste Moreau, musicien de Saint Cyr…/Born in Paris in 1781 or 1782 – his father was a master sheath-maker and “commoner” of the duchess of Burgundy – Jean-François Dandrieu made his début as a child pridigy at the Court before Madame, princess of the Palatinate, like Elisabeth Jaquet and Daquin. He received instruction from his uncle the abbot Pierre Dandrieu, organist and composer, and subsequently from Jean-Baptiste Moreau, musician of Saint-Cyr…