Pierre Galin
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Pierre Galin was a French music educator, and developer of what became the Galin-Paris-Chevé system.
The tomb of Pierre Galin in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of
Pierre Galin
…discovered the principles of movable do solfège. He advised separate study of pitch and rhythm, and devised a numbered musical notation similar to that of Rousseau, although he recommended students learn staff notation as well. After success teaching with his ideas in Bordeaux, he moved to Paris where he led a…
Portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1753
The house where Rousseau was born at number 40, Grand-Rue, Geneva
Les Charmettes, where Rousseau lived with Françoise-Louise de Warens from 1735 to 1736, now a museum dedicated to Rousseau
Françoise-Louise de Warens