Henri François Berton

French composer (1784-1832)
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench composer (1784-1832)
PlacesFrance
wasMusician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Birth3 May 1784, Paris
Death19 July 1832Paris (aged 48 years)
Star signTaurus
The details

Biography

Henri François Berton called Berton fils, (3 May 1784 in Paris – 19 July 1832 in Paris) was an early 19th-century French composer.
Pierre Montan Berton was his grandfather and Henri-Montan Berton his father. He died of cholera.

Selected works

  • 1810: Le Présent de noces, ou le Pari, one-act opéra comique, music by Henri François Berton, Théâtre Feydeau, 2 January
  • 1811: Ninette à la cour, opéra comique in 2 acts and in verse, after Charles-Simon Favart, music by Henri Montan Berton, Opéra-Comique, 24 December
  • 1834: Le Château d'Urtuby, one-act opéra comique, libretto by Gabriel de Lurieu and Raoul, created on a posthumous music 14 January at the Théâtre royal de l'Opéra-Comique.
  • Berton fils, Gabriel de Lurieu et Raoul, "Le Château d'Urtuby", in Le Magasin théâtral : choix de pièces nouvelles, jouées sur tous les théâtres de Paris, vol. 2, Paris, Marchant, coll. "oui", 1839, 16 p., 25 tom. en 13 vol., gr. in- 8̊ Text online

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