Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (Toulon, 24 March 1693 - Paris, 13 January 1768) was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque period. He was a son of Jean-Joseph Buffardin (Vaison-la-Romaine, 22 July 1664 - Avignon, 28 August 1726), an instrument maker. Buffardin was the principal flutist of the orchestra (Hofkapelle) at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden from 1715 to 1749.
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin
Johann Sebastian Bach · Kristina Funk-Kunath: Spurensuche – Ein unbekanntes Porträt von Pierre Gabriel Buffardin. In: Bach-Jahrbuch. 104, 2018, S. 225–233, hier S. 231. · Public domain
- Born
- 1693.
- Died
- 1768.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer, flautist, flute maker and musician.
- Movements
- Baroque music.
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1768
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin died at Paris.
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He was the teacher of flutists Johann Joachim Quantz, Pietro Grassi Florio, and Johann Sebastian Bach's elder brother, Johann Jacob Bach, whom he met in Constantinople in 1711. Buffardin's Concerto in E minor for Flute is the only work which it is certain he wrote. Quantz said of Buffardin: "Il ne jouait que des choses rapides: car c'est en cela qu'excellait mon maître." (Translation: "He only played fast pieces; for in that my master excelled."). Antoine Mahaut claimed that Buffardin was the inventor of the flute's screw cap and the foot register; it remains uncertain whether or not a transverse flute stamped "Buffardin le fils" (discovered in 2015) may be attributed to him or a relative (see Giovanni Tardino, note for recording Bach: Sonate a cembalo obligato e traversiere solo, HRA (HiResAudio), 2018).
French Baroque Concertos, performed by Musica Antiqua Köln, directed by Reinhard Goebel (Ernst-Burghard Hilse, flute). "French Baroque Concertos," performed by Musica Antiqua Köln, directed by Reinhard Goebel (Wilbert Hazelzet, flute) "Flötenkonzerte des Barock" performed by Dresden Baroque Soloists (Eckart Haupt, flute)
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Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin was a composer, musician and flautist, born in 1690 and died on 13 January 1768 in Paris. The birthplace of Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin is recorded as Avignon by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Provence by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin is Dresden.
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- Rashid-S, Pegah. Begegnungen in Konstantinopel und Leipzig: Pierre Gabriel Buffardin und Johann Jacob Bach. Bach-Jahrbuch. 97. 287–292. 2011. 10.13141/bjb.v20111240.
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