Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (

Fontaine-l'Évêque Fontaine-l'Évêque (; wa, Fontinne-l'-Eveke) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Fontaine-l'Évêque had a total population of 16,687. The total area is 28.41 km² which g ...

, Hainaut, Belgium 24 October 1676 - Paris, January 1750 or 1751) was a Walloon composer and haute-contre. He was maître de chapelle at Toul Cathedral, then Strasbourg Cathedral before employment from 1707 until 1711 at the

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as a singer. He worked in the service of the

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between 1715 and 1721, after which he became the director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (1722-1724). This appointment was the start of the era of his professional life in which he travelled from one city to the next, taking him to Lille,

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, Dijon, Belgium and the Netherlands. Little is known about the last years of his life. He died in poverty in Paris. Bourgeois mainly wrote

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s, ballets, and divertissements.David Tunley. ''Bourgeois, Thomas-Louis oseph' o
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Works, editions and recordings

* Les Amours déguisés (1713) * Les Plaisirs de la Paix (1715). * Cantatas: Les Sirènes. Borée. Zéphire et Flore. Hippomène. Psiché

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Le Concert Lorrain

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2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourgeois, Thomas-Louis Male composers Musicians from the Austrian Netherlands Directors of La Monnaie Operatic countertenors 1676 births 1750 deaths People from Hainaut (province)