Joseph Bodin BOISMORTIER
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier is a French composer born December 23, 1689 in Thionville and death in Roissy-en-Brie October 28, 1755. His father, Stephen Bodin (1652-1730), saddled with the nickname "Boismortier" was originally a former soldier, by his grandfather Michael, the borders of Berry and Touraine (Selles-sur-Nahon) near Chateauroux. After a stint in Laval, between Stephen's regiment stationed at Soissonais stationed at Thionville and obtains an exemption from military service to marry, April 7, 1687, Lucia Gravet (1665-1738), a girl believed. It builds on the family tradition by becoming a merchant confectioner, in the shadow of severe facades of the cathedral of Metz. From March 24, 1688, a first child is born: a daughter, Mary. Destined to become master seamstress in 1712, she married, April 8, 1720 in the parish of Sainte Croix de Metz, Jean Dubois, 35, merchant button-. Their son, Jean-Didier, cashier of the Extraordinary Wars Receiver then pays the wages of officers of Parliament, will itself several children, including Jean-Baptiste Noel Dubois, a prominent minister of war under the Convention, between 1793 and 1794. November 18, 1691, in Thionville still, a little Catherine is baptized. Finally, September 29, 1700 is recorded the death of Maria Theresa, in Metz this time, before there was time to pass on funds. To complete this family portrait, a letter dated January 11, 1753 and addressed to the Superintendent by Boismortier of Fine Arts, attests to the existence of a painter, Pierre Etienne, which was actually received in his corporation Messina March 28, 1719. Boismortier is then most likely destined to take over the store of his father but his talents are already visible on embrace a different way. Google machine translation: Joseph Bodin BOISMORTIER's original bio |