Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (the younger) explained

Birth Date:15 May 1797
Birth Place:Paris
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Composer
Musicologist

Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (15 May 1797 – 22 March 1850) was a 19th-century French composer and musicologist.

Biography

A polytechnician (1817), he had to leave the École polytechnique for health reason and became a lawyer (1823) then decided to devote himself to music. A student of Cherubini and Reicha, he became librarian at the Conservatoire de Paris (1831–1846).[1]

He was the son of inventor Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (1764–1816).

Works

Compositions

He is the author of several masses, one oratorio and one opéra comique.

Musicology

He wrote numerous texts on musical archaeology.[2]

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Robert Wangermée, Correspondance, Mardaga, 2006, p.86
  2. Dezobry et Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p.341
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/494724875 Dissertation sur les instruments de musique employés au moyen âge