Adolphe Blaise
Adolphe Benoît Blaise was an 18th-century French bassoonist and composer, died in 1772. He joined the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne in 1737 and composed the music for Le petit maistre in 1738. In 1743, he was head of the orchestra of the Foire Saint-Laurent and in 1744 of that of the Foire Saint-Germain.
Also recorded as Adolphe Benoît Blaise
Adolphe Blaise
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- Born
- 1701
- Died
- 1772 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- actor · conductor · choreographer · composer · bassoonist
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Adolphe Benoît Blaise was an 18th-century French bassoonist and composer, died in 1772. He joined the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne in 1737 and composed the music for Le petit maistre in 1738. In 1743, he was head of the orchestra of the Foire Saint-Laurent and in 1744 of that of the Foire Saint-Germain.
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From 1753 to 1760, he was director of the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne and composed many ballets, divertissements, dances, parodies, pantomimes and overall the music for the successful comedy by Justine Favart Annette et Lubin (1762) and two comedies by Favart: Isabelle et Gertrude (1765) and finally La Rosière de Salency (1769).
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Adolphe Blaise
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- Blaise, Adolphe Benoît (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
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- “Adolphe Blaise”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Blaise, Adolphe Benoît (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002Crossref registry
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