Tom Jones (Philidor)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tom Jones is a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, a kind of opéra comique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 27 February 1765. The libretto, by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poisenet, is loosely based on the novel by Henry Fielding. The piece was initially a failure but Philidor had the libretto revised by Michel-Jean Sedaine and this new version proved one of the most popular opéras comiques of the late 18th century.François-André Danican Philidor (September 7, 1726 - August 31, 1795) was a French chess player and composer. He was regarded as the best chess player of his age (see any of the References), although the title of World Chess Champion was not yet in existence. Philidor's book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century. He was commonly referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime.