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Bernard de Bury
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Bernard de Bury
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernard de Bury or Buri (20 August 1720 19 November 1785) was a French musician and court
composer of the late Baroque era.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Selected compositions
2.1 Harpsichord works
2.2 Operas and works for stage
2.3 Doubtful works
3 Sources
4 External links
Biography
Bernard de Bury was born at Versailles, a member of a family of musicians, many of whom had
appointments to the French court, and was taught music as a young boy.
He wrote his first and only harpsichord book in 1737, at the age of seventeen, and dedicated it
to his teacher, Franois Colin de Blamont, uncle of his future wife.
In 1741, he bought the charge of Claveciniste de la Chambre from Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin,
which she had inherited from her father Franois Couperin as a survivance.
In 1743, he began a successful career with his opra-ballet Les Caractres de la Folie ("Characters
of Madness") which was performed at the Acadmie Royale de Musique. His works continued to be
staged during the festivities given in Versailles, Sceaux, and Fontainebleau for more than thirty-five
years. He also wrote several cantatas and motets, notably De profundis.
De Bury received a royal pension beginning in 1779, and was ennobled by Louis XVI in 1785, a
few months before his death, which occurred at Versailles.
Selected compositions
Harpsichord works
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Doubtful works
Divertissements attributed to de Bury, cited by Ftis:
Les Bergers de Sceaux
Les Nymphes de la Seine
Sources
Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) [1992] (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 1, A-D, chpt:
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"Bury [Bury], Bernard de" by Philip Weller, New York: MacMillan. ISBN 0-935859-92-6.
Fr.Wikipedia, Bernard de Bury
External links
Free scores by Bernard de Bury at the International Music Score Library Project
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