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{{Short description|French harpist and composer (1732–1820)}}
'''Philippe-Jacques Meyer''' (1732–1820)<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB |wstitle= Meyer, Philip James |volume= 18 |last= Seccombe |first= Thomas |author-link= Thomas Seccombe |page=317 |short= 1}}</ref>{{Ref label|ida|a|none}} was a French [[harpist]] and [[composer]]. He was born in Strasbourg, studied theology as well as music and gave his first solo concert in Paris in 1761.<ref name="Zingel">[https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18552 Hans J. Zingel, "Meyer, Philippe-Jacques [Philipp Jakob; Philip James]," ''Grove Music Online'']</ref> He was primarily active as a teacher and composer. He traveled extensively between London, Paris and Strasbourg and settled in London in 1784<ref name="Zingel">[https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18552 Hans J. Zingel, "Meyer, Philippe-Jacques [Philipp Jakob; Philip James]," ''Grove Music Online'']</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Slonimsky |first1=Nicolas |last2=Kuhn |first2=Laura |last3=McIntire |first3=Dennis |title=Meyer, Philippe-Jacques |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/meyer-philippe-jacques |website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> where he used an anglicised form of his name, Philip James Meyer.<ref name="DNB"/>
Meyer's 1763 ''Essai sur la vraie manière de jouer de la harpe'' is a historical survey of the harp and of harp music and one of the first pedagogical harp treatises. Meyer himself was one of the first to perform on the then-new pedal harp in Paris, in 1765, and the first to perform on one in London, during his first visit in 1772.<ref name="DNB"/>
He married in Strasbourg in 1768, and had 2 sons – one also named Philip James – who were both also performers on and composers for the harp.<ref name="DNB"/>
== Treatises and compositions ==
* 1763 ''Essai sur la vraie manière de jouer de la harpe, avec une méthode de l'accorder'', op. 1
* 1774 ''Nouvelle pour apprendre a jouer de la harpe avec la manière de l'accorder'', op. 9
* Divertimenti for Flute, Harp and Violin
* Divertimenti for Harp and Violin, Op.2
* 12 English Songs
* Fantasie and Larghetto with Variations
* Favorite Airs with Variations for Harp and Piano
* 4 Favorite Airs with Variations for the Harp
* 6 Harp Sonatas, Op.3
* Mozart's 'Forget Me Not' and 2 Waltzes
* 4 Original Lessons for the Harp
* Rondo on The Italian Monfrina
* Theme and Scotch Air with Variations
* Variations on a Menuet by Exaudet
* Variations on Robin Adair
* Variations on The Bush aboon Traquair
* Variations on Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonny Doon
== Notes ==
a. {{note label|ida|a|none}} His dates are sometimes given as 1737–1819, but contemporary newspapers clearly report his death as occurring on 17 January 1820, in his 88th year.
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