François Colin de Blamont (22 November 1690 – 14 February 1760) was a French composer of the

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era.

Born at

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as François Colin, he served as a royal musician and was eventually ennobled in 1750, his surname becoming ''Colin de Blamont''. He was the protégé of

Michel Richard Delalande Michel Richard Delalande

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(; 15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands motets. He also wrote orch ...

and succeeded the latter as Master of the Chapelle Royale on his death in 1726. Blamont wrote

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s and

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s as well as stage works, including the

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''Les fêtes grecques et romaines'', intended to be the first in a new genre, the ''ballet héroïque'', which would challenge the supremacy of the ''

opéra-ballet ''Opéra-ballet'' (; plural: ''opéras-ballets'') is a genre of French Baroque lyric theatre that was most popular during the 18th century, combining elements of opera and ballet, "that grew out of the '' ballets à entrées'' of the early seven ...

''.

Sources

Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude-Brenac (in French)

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