François-Joseph Gossec
In 1751 he went to Paris.  The composer Jean-Philippe Rameau was very impressed by him and got him jobs playing the violin and double bass in his private orchestra.  He heard a lot of music by German composers and started to write music of his own.  His symphony in D was one of the first works in France to use clarinets which had only just been invented.  He composed many  operas as well as instrumental works.