Jean-Baptiste Matho
Jean-Baptiste Matho (16 March 1663 – 16 March 1743) was a French composer of the Baroque era. Jean-Baptiste Matho was born in Montfort-sur-Meu near Rennes in the Province of Brittany, his name was originally M. His name is first mentioned in the Mercure galant of August 1687. In October 1699 the Mercure mentioned a performance in the royal apartments at Fontainebleau of the opera Coronis, though ‘neither the king nor their British Majesties heard the music which was judged to be most beautiful’.
Jean-Baptiste Matho
- Born
- 1663 · Montfort-sur-Meu.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music · Baroque music
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Baptiste Matho (16 March 1663 – 16 March 1743) was a French composer of the Baroque era. Jean-Baptiste Matho was born in Montfort-sur-Meu near Rennes in the Province of Brittany, his name was originally M. His name is first mentioned in the Mercure galant of August 1687. In October 1699 the Mercure mentioned a performance in the royal apartments at Fontainebleau of the opera Coronis, though ‘neither the king nor their British Majesties heard the music which was judged to be most beautiful’.
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Born at Montfort-sur-Meu in 1663, died in Versailles in 1746.
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- 1.Lionel Sawkins d'après la partition de ce motet qui se trouve dans la collection particulière de M. Robert Lutz de Strasbourg, commentaire du disque HMC901352 p.6-7 (Harmonia mundi, Arles 1991)
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