(b Dompierre, bap. 12 Sept 1655; d Meaux, 10 Aug 1730). French lexicographer and composer. He was maître de chapelle at Strasbourg Cathedral, 1687-98, then held a similar post in Meaux, where he composed sacred music, chiefly motets. He was among the first in France to write violin sonatas, and his French cantatas are among the few based on biblical subjects. Of his writings on music the most important is his Dictionnaire (1701, rev. 1703), the first of its kind in France. His extensive library is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
