Léopold Aimon
Pamphile Léopold François Aimon was a French cellist and composer.
Aimon was born at L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, in the Provence region. He conducted the orchestra of the theatre in Marseilles when only seventeen, that of the théâtre du Gymnase in Paris in 1821, and of the Théâtre Français, on the retirement of Antoine-Laurent Baudron, 1822.
His compositional output includes ten operas, some symphonies, two bassoon concertos, a cello concerto, two cantatas, several sacred vocal works, more than thirty string quartets, and other chamber music. Only two of his operas were performed, Jeux floraux and Michel et Christine, the last with great success. He was also the author of Connaissances preliminaires de l'harmonie, and other treatises.
He died in Paris.
