Pierre Montan Berton
Illustration — Pierre Montan Berton Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a French composer and conductor. He resided primarily in Paris and was an opera director. Pierre's son Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844) was also a composer, more famous than Pierre himself.
Pierre Montan Berton

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- Born
- 1727 · Maubert-Fontaine.
- Died
- 1780 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · choreographer · organist · opera singer
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Pierre Montan Berton Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a French composer and conductor. He resided primarily in Paris and was an opera director. Pierre's son Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844) was also a composer, more famous than Pierre himself.
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• |Title — |Genre — |Number of acts — |Libretto — |Première date — |Theatre • Sylvie (or Silvie) — pastorale-héroïque — 3 — Pierre Laujon — 26 February 1749 — Théâtre des Petits-Appartements, Versailles • Deucalion et Pyrrha (with François-Joseph Giraud) — acte de ballet — 1 — Pierre de Morand, Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix — 30 September 1755 — Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris • Erosine — pastorale-héroïque — 1 — Moncrif — 9 November 1765 — Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau • Théonis, ou Le toucher — pastorale-héroïque — 1 — Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet — 11 October 1767 — Salle des Machines, Paris • Amadis de Gaule (in collaboration with Jean-Benjamin de La Borde) — tragédie en musique — 5 — Philippe Quinault — 26 November 1771 — Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (Paris Opera) • Adèle de Ponthieu (in collaboration with Jean-Benjamin de La Borde) — tragédie en musique — 3 — Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc — 1 December 1772 — Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris • Bellérophon — opéra — 3 — Jean-François Marmontel — 20 October 1773 — Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris
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Pierre Montan Berton is recorded with the occupation choreographer. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as conductor, composer, choreographer, organist and opera singer.
![Titre uniforme: Berton, Pierre-Montan (1727-1780). Compositeur. [Amadis de Gaule] Opéra en 5 actes. - Livret de Quinault. - 1ère représentation: Paris, Académie royale de musique, 4 décembre 1771. -](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Amadis_-_Paroles_de_Quinault_-_Musique_refaite_par_Pierre_Berton_et_de_Laborde_-_btv1b10071067s_%28314_of_515%29.jpg/800px-Amadis_-_Paroles_de_Quinault_-_Musique_refaite_par_Pierre_Berton_et_de_Laborde_-_btv1b10071067s_%28314_of_515%29.jpg)
Titre uniforme: Berton, Pierre-Montan (1727-1780). Compositeur. [Amadis de Gaule] Opéra en 5 actes. - Livret de Quinault. - 1ère représentation: Paris, Académie royale de musique, 4 décembre 1771. -
Berton, Pierre-Montan (1727-1780). Compositeur La Borde, Jean-Benjamin de (1734-1794). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1780
Pierre Montan Berton died on 14 May 1780.
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- “Pierre Montan Berton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Dictionnaire de la musique. Bordas. 1979. 978-2-04010-721-5.
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- Jean Gourret. Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra. Albatros. 1984. 11993973.
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