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- Birth namePhilippe Jacques Henri Beaussant
- Philippe Beaussant was born on May 6, 1930 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a writer, known for Le roi danse (2000), Chroniques de France (1964) and Retour au baroque (1993). He was married to Marie-Cécile Villedieu de Torcy. He died on May 8, 2016 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
- SpouseMarie-Cécile Villedieu de Torcy(? - May 8, 2016) (his death, 3 children)
- Creator and artistic consultant for the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (1988-95), he was elected in 2007 to the Académie française.
- French musicologist, writer and novelist who was the director founder of l'Institut de musique et danse anciennes (IMDA) in 1977. He was also a producer at Radio-France where he championned French classical and baroque music.
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