Birth Anniversary: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier — December 23, 1689
Born in Thionville in Lorraine on 23 December 1689, the son of a confectionery merchant and former soldier. He spent his early manhood in Perpignan in the royal tobacco administration before settling in Paris in 1723, quickly establishing an extraordinary career as a financially independent freelance composer without court or church patronage.
Dates verified on Stéphan Perreau, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755), Presses du Languedoc, 2001, ISBN 978-2859982379, pp. 11-45; Bibliothèque nationale de France, notice de personne FRBNF13891638 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138916383).
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