Pierre Philibert de Blancheton (9 October 1697 – 6 March 1756) was a French

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and music patron and collector. From 1724 until his death 30 years later he was a member of the Parliament of

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

. Well known for his passion as a music collector, Blancheton is particularly remembered for his patronage of the '' Fonds Blancheton'' (c.1741); one of the biggest and most important collections of early 18th century instrumental music in existence. The collection contains a total of 300 works by 104 composers; most of whom were Italian composers of the early 18th century. Of particular importance in the collection are 25

symphonies A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...

Antonio Brioschi Antonio Brioschi (fl. c. 1725 – 1750) was an Italian symphony composer who wrote at least twenty six symphonies; most of which were preserved in the collection of Pierre Philibert de Blancheton. Brioschi was a pioneer in symphonic music in ...

and several early symphonies by

Giovanni Battista Sammartini Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 15 January 1775) was an Italian composer, violinist, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian ...

. Also included in the collection are

overture Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...

sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

s, trios, and a large number of

violin concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

s by composers like

Domenico Alberti Domenico Alberti (c. 1710 – 14 October 1746 (according to other sources: 1740)) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer. Alberti was born in Venice and studied music with Antonio Lotti. He wrote operas, songs, and sonatas for ...

Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (c. 1700, Milan – c. 1758, Milan) was an Italian composer, conductor, violinist, and singing teacher who is chiefly known for his operas. His work displays a natural expression and uses figurations similar to t ...

Angelo Maria Scaccia Angelo Maria Scaccia (c. 1690 – 29 September 1761) was an Italian composer and violinist. He wrote fourteen concertos for the violin, including the major set of violin concertos, his ''Opus 1'', a set of six, (Amsterdam, c. 1730), the first publ ...

Giovanni Battista Somis Giovanni Battista Somis (December 25, 1686 – August 14, 1763) was an Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque music era. He studied under Arcangelo Corelli between 1703 and 1706 or 1707. He was later appointed solo violinist to the ...

, and

Carlo Zuccari Carlo Zuccari (November 10, 1703 – May 3, 1792) was an Italian composer and violinist. Active during the late Baroque music, Baroque and early Classical period (music), Classical music periods, Zuccari worked mainly in Milan, Olomouc, and Lond ...

among others.

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