Toussaint Bertin de la Doué
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Toussaint Bertin de la Doué (or Thomas Bertin de la Doué) (1680 – 6 February 1743) was a French composer of the Baroque era
. He worked as an organist for the Theatines
, as a musician for the Duc d'Orléans
and as a violinist and harpsichordist at the Paris Opéra
(between 1714 and 1734). He wrote sacred music, songs, trios for two violins and basso continuo, and several operas.
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
. He worked as an organist for the Theatines
Theatines
The Theatines or the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the Divine Providence are a male religious order of the Catholic Church, with the post-nominal initials "C.R."-Foundation:...
, as a musician for the Duc d'Orléans
Duc d'Orléans
Duke of Orléans was one of the highest ranking titles of the French peerage and dates back to the 14th century. Known as princes of the blood , the title of Duke of Orléans was exclusive to princes of the nearest collateral line of the royal family; thus they constituted a junior branch of the...
and as a violinist and harpsichordist at the Paris Opéra
Académie Royale de Musique
The Salle Le Peletier was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debret on the site of the former Hôtel de Choiseul...
(between 1714 and 1734). He wrote sacred music, songs, trios for two violins and basso continuo, and several operas.
Operas
- Cassandre (tragédie en musique, 1706) (with François BouvardFrançois BouvardFrançois Bouvard was a French composer of the Baroque era. Originally from Lyon, Bouvard began his career as a singer at the Paris Opéra at the age of sixteen. When the quality of his voice deteriorated, he went to study in Rome and devoted himself to playing the violin and composition...
) - Diomède (tragédie en musique, 1710)
- Ajax (tragédie en musique, 1712)
- Le jugement de Pâris (pastorale héroïquePastorale héroïquePastorale héroïque was a type of ballet héroïque, a form of the opéra-ballet genre of French Baroque opera. The first work to bear the name was Jean-Baptiste Lully's final completed opera Acis et Galatée , although musical works on pastoral themes had already appeared on the French stage...
, 1718) - Les plaisirs de la campagne (opéra-balletOpéra-balletOpéra-ballet was a popular genre of French Baroque opera, "that grew out of the ballets à entrées of the early seventeeth century". It differed from the more elevated tragédie en musique as practised by Jean-Baptiste Lully in several ways...
, 1719)