Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Louis-Claude Daquin ( or d'Acquin ) , ( July 4 , 1694 -- June 15 , 1772 ) was a French composer of Jewish birth writing in the Baroque and Galant styles .
Simplified: Louis-Claude Daquin ( born Paris , 4 July 1694 ; died Paris 15 June 1772 ) was a French composer of Jewish birth .