Henri François Berton
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Henri François Berton called Berton fils (3 May 1784, in
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– 19 July 1832, in Paris) was an early 19th-century French composer.
Pierre Montan Berton Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a French people, French composer and conductor (music), conductor. He resided primarily in Paris and was an opera director. Pierre's son Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844) was also a c ...
was his grandfather and Henri-Montan Berton was his father. He died of
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Selected works

* 1810: ''Le Présent de noces, ou le Pari'', one-act opéra comique, music by Henri François Berton, Théâtre Feydeau, 2 January * 1811: ''Ninette à la cour'', opéra comique in 2 acts and in verse, after Charles-Simon Favart, music by Henri Montan Berton, Opéra-Comique, 24 December * 1834: ''Le Château d'Urtuby'', one-act
opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...
, libretto by
Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom he ...
and Raoul, created on a posthumous music 14 January at the Théâtre royal de l'Opéra-Comique.Berton fils, Gabriel de Lurieu et Raoul, "Le Château d'Urtuby", in Le ''Magasin théâtral : choix de pièces nouvelles, jouées sur tous les théâtres de Paris'', vol. 2, Paris, Marchant, coll. "oui", 1839, 16 p., 25 tom. en 13 vol., gr. in- 8Ì
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Henri Berton
on {{DEFAULTSORT:Berton, Henri Francois French Romantic composers French male classical composers French opera composers French male opera composers 1784 births Composers from Paris 1832 deaths 19th-century French male musicians