Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and conductor. He resided primarily in

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and was an

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

director. Pierre's son

Henri Montan Berton Henri-Montan Berton (17 September 1767 – 22 April 1844) was a French composer, teacher, and writer, mostly known as a composer of operas for the Opéra-Comique. Career Henri-Montan Berton was born the son of Pierre Montan Berton.Charlton ...

(1767–1844) was also a composer, more famous than Pierre himself.

Operas

Sources

Article on Berton on the site CESAR
(accessed on 31 October 2013)

External links

* * 1727 births 1780 deaths French male composers French conductors (music) French male conductors (music) 18th-century French composers 18th-century French male musicians 18th-century conductors (music) French ballet composers Directors of the Paris Opera {{France-composer-stub