Bartholomeus Ruloffs

Bartholomeus Ruloffs (October 1741 - 13 May 1801) was a Dutch conductor and composer.

Ruloffs was born and died in Amsterdam. His duties as conductor included conducting the city's Felix Meritis concerts.[1] His new music for Zemire en Azor, a zangspel with scenery and ballets, for Pieter Pypers' 1784 Dutch version of the play by Jean-François Marmontel was a significant early step towards producing an opera in Dutch.

Selected works

Les décréations d’Apollon on les trois symphonies a deux violons, taille et basse obligé, deux flutes et deux corni de chasse tiré des nouveaux opéras français. printed by J.J. Hummel in Amsterdam.
Music for Zemire en Azor (1784), one of the earliest opera in the Netherlands.
Six sonatas for keyboard (Markordt, 1769)
Derde stukje der muzikale verlustiging (Smit, 1772)
Cantate historique (1777)
Jephta (Kruyff, 1779) a theatrical zangspel.
Marsch-retraite, for the burger company of watch district 40, Hieronimus van Slingelandt
Beurtgezangen , Elk zyn beurt is niet te veel (1785)
Proeve van kleine gedichten voor kinderen; text Hieronymus van Alphen (Gerbrand Roos, 1790)
Tot middernacht (List of tegenlist), zangspel (Helders en Mars, 1791)
Willem Tell (1791)
In triomf (1795)
nl:De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje.

Music in the Netherlands Leo Samama, Fer Abrahams, Michiel de Ruyter - 1985 - - Page 9 "Around 1775 it consisted of 16 musicians under the capable direction of the composer Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741-1801). Soon after the City Theatre on Keizersgracht burned down in 1772 Ruloffs was appointed conductor of the Theatre Orchestra: in 1774 he took charge of the festive opening of the new Theatre on Leidse Plein, ...