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Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (the younger)

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Auguste Bottée de Toulmon
Born15 May 1797
Paris
Died22 March 1850(1850-03-22) (aged 52)
Paris
Occupation(s)Composer
Musicologist

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

Biography

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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

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Compositions

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

Musicology

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He wrote numerous texts on musical archaeology.[2]

  • 1836: De la chanson française au Moyen Age
  • 1838: Des puys de palinods au Moyen Age
  • 1844: Dissertation sur les instruments de musique employés au moyen âge.[3]
  • 1857: Instructions sur la musique

Bibliography

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  • Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Auguste Bottée de Toulmon: Read online
  • Tilman Seebass, De l'image à l'objet : la méthode critique en iconographie, 1988, p. 36

References

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  1. ^ Robert Wangermée, Correspondance, Mardaga, 2006, p.86
  2. ^ Dezobry et Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p.341
  3. ^ Dissertation sur les instruments de musique employés au moyen âge
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