Jean Paul Egide Martini
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Jean Paul Egide Martini, (1741-1816) was a composer of classical music. He is best known today for the vocal romance "Plaisir d'amour," on which the 1961 Elvis Presley standard "Can't Help Falling in Love" is based.
Martini was born Johann Paul Aegidius Schwartzendorf in Freystadt, Germany. He adopted the family name Martini after moving to France as a young man. He is sometimes known as Martini Il Tedesco. In 1764 he married Marguerite Camelot. He died in February 1816 in Paris.
[edit] List of works
- Plaisir d’Amour
- L'amoureux de quinze ans ou La double fête
- Le Droit du Seigneur
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