André-Joseph Exaudet

André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762) was a French violinist and composer, best known for composing the influential 1751 minuet bearing his name.

The January 1744 issue of the

As a composer, Exaudet is best remembered by a celebrated minuet (op.2 no.1, finale). Within a year of its publication Vadé had added a text and incorporated it into his opera Suffisant. On 1 October 1763 the Mercure de France announced an orchestral arrangement by Berton and a year later another appeared by L'Abbé le fils. Its popularity was kept alive with a variety of texts; it even became the tune for a revolutionary song, Arbre heureux. It appeared in innumerable collections of airs and instrumental method books, often with variations.

Selected recordings

Concerto à cinq instruments en Mi bémol majeur, Ensemble Diderot. CD Audax 2021

Bibliography

• Copied from "André-Joseph_Exaudet" Choral Public Domain Library.
• Marcelle Benoît (dir.), Dictionnaire de la musique en France aux xvii^e et xviii^e siècles, Paris, Fayard, 1992, pp. 280–281.