Adolphe Blaise
French actor, conductor, choreographer and composer (-1772)
About Adolphe Blaise
Lived 1701 – 1772 (aged 70–71). Adolphe Blaise was a French actor, conductor, choreographer, composer and bassoonist.
Adolphe Benoît Blaise was an 18th-century French bassoonist and composer, died in 1772.
He joined the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne in 1737 and composed the music for Le petit maistre in 1738. In 1743, he was head of the orchestra of the Foire Saint-Laurent and in 1744 of that of the Foire Saint-Germain. From 1753 to 1760, he was director of the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne and composed many ballets, divertissements, dances, parodies, pantomimes and overall the music for the successful comedy by Justine Favart Annette et Lubin (1762) and two comedies by Favart: Isabelle et Gertrude (1765) and finally La Rosière de Salency (1769).
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Who was Adolphe Blaise?
French actor, conductor, choreographer and composer (-1772)
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Adolphe Blaise was born in 1701.
When did Adolphe Blaise die?
Adolphe Blaise died in 1772 in Paris.
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Adolphe Blaise was an actor, conductor, choreographer, composer and bassoonist.
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Adolphe Blaise was French.
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