Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer (died 1821)

Horace Coignet

French amateur violinist, singer and composer

Horace Coignet was a French amateur violinist, singer and composer. He was active in Lyons as a pattern-designer and dealer in embroidered goods, as an official clerk and as musical director of the city from 1794. He became the music instructor to the Duchesse d'Aumont in Paris,…