Name Sebastian Bodinus | Role Composer | |
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Died March 19, 1759, Pforzheim, Germany | ||
Sebastian bodinus ca 1700 1759 adagio
Sebastian Bodinus (ca. 1700 – 19 March 1759) was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village of Bittstädt in Saxe-Gotha and trained as a violinist. It is known that in 1718 he entered the service of the Margrave Karl III of Baden-Durlach at the court in Karlsruhe. Bodinus worked elsewhere but always returned to Karlsruhe and was concertmaster there for two periods. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, returned in a disoriented state in 1758 and was committed to an insane asylum in Pforzheim where he died.
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- Sebastian bodinus ca 1700 1759 adagio
- Sebastian bodinus ca 1700 1759 sonata ii in a major for violin 2 traverse flute b c
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His compositions include concertos and symphonies but there are predominantly chamber works in the late Baroque style, including not only solo and trio sonatas but also quartets, a considerable rarity at the time he composed them in the 1720s and 1730s. Of his quartets it has been said that this "minor master appears to have written first-rate music."