Plectra Music - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)

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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) - Brandywine Baroque

	Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) - Brandywine Baroque
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	Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (December 23, 1689 – October 28, 1755) Sometimes called the “French Telemann,” Joseph Bodin de Boismortier is perhaps the most prolific French composer ever. Like Telemann he is often dismissed as a “Vielschreiber,” someone who composed too much for it all to be good. Also like Telemann, his popularity dissipated quickly after his death. But it cannot be denied that during his lifetime, Boismortier was one of the most important composers in France. His music represents the height of fashion for its day, and provides great pleasure not only for the performer, but also the listener. Boismortier was born in the city of Thionville in the Lorraine region of France. His father, Etienne Bodin of Berry, was a merchant confectioner in that city. The Boismortier family moved to the larger city of Metz around 1700, where young Joseph received his first musical education. Thanks to documents recently discovered by musicologist Stéphan Perreau, we now know the identity of Boismortier’s first teacher. Though little-known today, Joseph Valette de Montigny was a popular composer of motets. In 1728, Boismortier prefaced a copy of his Opus 23 motets with a dedicatory epistle to Valette de Montigny, in which he declared that he owed his style of motet composition to his old teacher.