Bartholomeus Ruloffs
Bartholomeus Ruloffs (October 1741 - 13 May 1801) was a Dutch conductor and composer.
Ruloffs was born and died in Amsterdam. His duties as conductor included conducting the city's Felix Meritis concerts.[1] His new music for Zemire en Azor: zangspel met konstwerken en balletten for Pieter Pypers' 1784 Dutch version of the play by Jean-François Marmontel was a significant early step towards producing an opera in Dutch.
References
- ↑ Music in the Netherlands Leo Samama, Fer Abrahams, Michiel de Ruyter - 1985 - - Page 9 "Around 1775 it consisted of 16 musicians under the capable direction of the composer Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741-1801). Soon after the City Theatre on Keizersgracht burned down in 1772 Ruloffs was appointed conductor of the Theatre Orchestra: in 1774 he took charge of the festive opening of the new Theatre on Leidse Plein, ...
Further reading
- Frijhoff, Willem, and Marijke Spies. Dutch Culture in a European Perspective. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 2004.
- Warrack, John. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996.
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