Joseph Bodin de Boismortier France

Biography

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opera ballets, and vocal music. De Boismortier was born on 23rd December 1689 in Thionville (in Lorraine). His family moved to the town of Metz, where he received his musical education from Joseph Valette de Montigny, a well-known composer of motets. The de Boismortier family then followed Montigny and moved to Perpignan in 1713 where de Boismortier found employment in the Royal Tobacco Control.

Popular Songs

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  Concerto in G major, Op. 15, No. 1: III. Allegro

  Six Concertos for Five Flutes, Op. 15 (The Soloist of Concert Spirituel)

  192 BPM
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  Sonate No. 3: II. Allemande. Gayment

  Concertos and Sonatas

  71 BPM
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  Première sérénade, Op. 39: Rondeau

  Ballets de Village / Sérénade (Le Concert Spirituel feat. conductor: Hervé Niquet)

  56 BPM
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  Première sérénade, Op. 39: Villageoise et deuxième villageoise

  Ballets de Village / Sérénade (Le Concert Spirituel feat. conductor: Hervé Niquet)

  73 BPM
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  Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in C minor, op. 91 no. 6: II. Gracieusement

  Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, op. 91

  80 BPM

Discography

Ballets de Village / Sérénade (Le Concert Spirituel feat. conductor: Hervé Niquet)

2000

Concertos and Sonatas

1998

Six Concertos for Five Flutes, Op. 15 (The Soloist of Concert Spirituel)

1997

Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, op. 91

1995