Josse Boutmy

Josse Boutmy (1 February 1697 – 27 November 1779)[1] was a composer, organist and harpsichordist of the Austrian Netherlands who established himself in Brussels.

Background

Boutmy was born in Ghent. He was born into a musical family; his grandfather, father, brother and sons were all musicians, also called the Boutmy Dynasty.[2][3]

He worked with Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1736) and at the chapel royal of Brussels (1744-1777). Boutmy married a woman named Katrina from Westphalia.

Although Boutmy was a court organist and famous in his day, he was reduced at the age of eighty to appeals for charity and petitioned the court for retirement. He died in Brussels, without receiving a pension, leaving his wife and twelve children, who also petitioned the court for charity.[4]

Works

Boutmy composed three collections of pieces for the harpsichord:

  • First book (1738)
  • Second book (1738)
  • Third book, dedicated to governor Charles of Lorraine (ca. 1749)

His style incorporates multiple European influences: French (Rameau, Duphly), Italian (Domenico Scarlatti), German (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) and his harpsichord books mix dance pieces belonging to the suite form, character pieces and sonata elements, as did another Brussels musician of the same period, Joseph-Hector Fiocco.[5]

Argentine harpsichordist Mario Raskin discovered the lost first book of Boutmy's harpsichord pieces in a friend's collection. He later recorded it for the label Follia Madrigal.[6]

References
  1. "Premiere Suite - Josse Boutmy". repertoire-explorer. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Boutmy family". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  3. The Boutmy Dynasty- Harpsichord Works / Christiane Wuyts by Christiane Wuyts (CD, Oct-1990, Arcobaleno)
  4. Hughes, Rupert. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Vol. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  5. Sadie, Julie Anne, Companion to baroque music. University of California Press, 1998 ISBN 0-520-21414-5, ISBN 978-0-520-21414-9,549 pages.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) DÉCOUVERTE D'UN MANUSCRIT INEDIT JOSSE BOUTMY
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