Suzanne Bodin de Boismortier was his daughter. A full-length biography on the composer, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, by Stephan Perreau, was published in France in 2001. A quotation The music theorist Jean-Benjamin de la Borde wrote in his (Essay on ancient and modern music) in 1780 about Boismortier: (Happy is Boismortier, whose fertile pen can give birth without pain to a whole new volume of music every month.) In response to such comments, it is said that Boismortier would simply answer "I'm earning money." Principal works Les quatre saisons, cantatas (1724) Six concertos for five flutes op. 15. (1727) Concerto for cello, viol, or bassoon (1729) Les voyages de l'amour, opera ballet (1736) Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse, comic ballet (1743) Daphnis et Chloé, pastorale (1747) Cinquante-neuvième oeuvre de M.Boismortier, contenant quatre suites de pièces de clavecin for harpsichord Daphné, tragédie lyrique (unperformed) (1748) Les quatre parties du monde (1752) Les gentillesses, cantatilles (short cantatas) Numerous concerti and sonatas Discography Hervé Niquet has a made a substantial number of recordings of Boismortier's works: Ballets de Villages (2000) performed by Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Niquet (Naxos 554295) Motets avec Symphonies (1991) performed by Le Concert Spirituel with Niquet (Accord 476 2509) Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (1997) performed by Le Concert Spirituel with Niquet (Naxos 8.553647) Daphnis & Chloe (2002) performed by Le Concert Spirituel with Niquet (Glossa GCD 921605) Sonates Pour Basses (2005) performed by Le Concert Spirituel with Niquet (Glossa GCD 921609) French Music for Two Harpsichords (2000) played by Niquet and Luc Beauséjour (Analekta 23079) Other recordings include: Sonates à deux flûtes traversières sans basse (2001) played by Stéphan Perreau and Benjamin Gaspon (Pierre Verany label PV 700023) Sonatas for flute and harpsichord, op. 91 (1994) played by Rebecca Stuhr-Rommereim and John Stuhr-Rommereim (Centaur CRC 2265) Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Six Suites, Op. 35 for Unaccompanied Flute (2008) played by Rebecca Stuhr (Lebende Music) Les Maisons de Plaisance (1999) played by Wieland Kuijken and Sigiswald Kuijken (Accent ACC 99132 D) Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Op. 91, played by American Baroque (Naxos 8.553414) Boismortier: Six Little Suites, Op. 27, played by Reversio-Darius Klisys (6-2 studio/REVERSIO. Catalog number:6-2STD-CD010) Notes External links Flute duett (Kantoreiarchiv) Article on Boismortier by Stéphan Perreau, eventail.chez-alice.fr 1689 births 1755 deaths 18th-century French composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-century French male musicians French Baroque composers French opera composers French ballet composers