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

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Biography

A polytechnician (1817), he had to leave the

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for health reason and became a lawyer (1823) then decided to devote himself to music. A student of Cherubini and

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, he became librarian at the

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(1831–1846). He was the son of inventor Auguste Bottée de Toulmon (1764–1816).

Works

Compositions

He is the author of several masses, one

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and one

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Musicology

He wrote numerous texts on musical archaeology. *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''.''Dissertation sur les instruments de musique employés au moyen âge''
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Bibliography

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

References

External links

Notice du CTHS
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Bottée de Toulmon, Auguste 1797-1850
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