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Josse Boutmy
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Josse Boutmy (Ghent, 1697 - Brussels, 1779) was a composer, organist and harpsichordist of the
Austrian Netherlands who established himself in Brussels. Born into a musical family, his
grandfather, father, brother and sons were all musicians, also called the Boutmy Dynasty.[1][2]

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Background
Works
References
External links

Background
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 without receiving a pension,
leaving his wife and twelve children, who also petitioned the court for charity.[3]

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.[4]
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.[5]

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References
1. Boutmy family (http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/1282/Boutmy.html#ixzz0qrduxijd)
2. The Boutmy Dynasty- Harpsichord Works / Christiane Wuyts by Christiane Wuyts (CD, Oct-1990,
Arcobaleno)
3. Hughes, Rupert. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Vol. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
4. 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.
5. http://www.lafollia.com/Mario_RASKIN_bio_CD_03.pdf DCOUVERTE D'UN MANUSCRIT
INEDIT JOSSE BOUTMY

External links
Sheetmusic of Boutmy at IMSLP (http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Boutmy,_Josse)

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