Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Ethnomusicology

Where would we be today without the great thinkers who observed the world and imagined it differently? Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland.

He is mostly known for his writings, from his first political essays "Discourse on Inequality" and "the Social Contract" ; to his pre-romantic novels ""Julie or the new Héloïse" ; or his "Confessions" which is often referred to as the first auto-biography.

But did you know Rousseau was also a music lover, critic, composer and even one of the founders of Ethnomusicology? In his "Music Dictionary", Rousseau transcribed foreign songs from China, Persia and Northern America, inclusive of songs from Native Americans...