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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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.
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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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- 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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