Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Avaux, D'

by John Weeks Moore

Avaux, D', a musical amateur violinist at Paris, published many symphonies and quartets between the years 1787 and 1795. He also wrote, in 1784, a letter on a newly-invented pendulum to measure time and music. We have not seen this work, but probably it takes away the merit of originality from the metronome of' Maelzel.