Artist Info: Simon Simon

Simon Simon (born in Vaux de Cernay either in 1720 or 1735, near Rambouillet; died after 1788 in Dreux) was a French harpsichordist and composer.

Most of the accounts of his life derive from the recollections of Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, in his Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne.

At the age of seven, he was entrusted to his uncle Butet, organist at an abbey near Caen. It is remarked that "the mediocrity of the master’s talents spread to the progress of the pupil". [read more...]