Boismortier biography

          Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December – 28 October ) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets..

          Joseph Bodin de Boismortier




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          1689-1755



          In musical history, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (born at Thionville on Dec.

          23, 1689 - died at Roissy-en-Brie on Oct. 28, 1734) is more than an exceptional figure.

          Native from the suburbs of Berry, the modest Bodin family settled in Thionville where the compositor’s father, an ex-military officer, became a confectioner.

          Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was a prolific French composer of instrumental and vocal music.

        4. Born in Thionville, Lorraineon December 23, , he spent his youth in Metz, then moved to Perpignanbefore taking up permanent residence in Parisaround
        5. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December – 28 October ) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets.
        6. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music.
        7. He was born into a modest family, with a father, a former soldier, who had settled in Thionville as a confectioner.

          8. Towards 1691, the family moved to Metz, where Boismortier was to receive his musical education. From who? We now know that it was Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1738), an accomplished motetist and not Henry Desmaret.