Melchior d'Ardespin (c.1643-1717) - L'Eraclio (1690)

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Composer: Melchior d'Ardespin (c.1643-1717)
Work: L'Eraclio (1690)
Performers: Convivum Musicum München

Drawing: Johann Franz Hörmannsperger (1710-) - Musik und Tanz (1736)
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Melchior d'Ardespin [Dardespin, Ardespine]
(c.1643 - Munich, 1717)

German composer and instrumentalist, (?) of French birth. On 9 October 1669 he was employed as a cornettist at the Bavarian electoral court at Munich with an annual salary of 250 florins, increased on 27 October 1670 to 400 florins. In a decree of 2 September 1683 he received the title of Kammerdiener, and thenceforth he received 600 florins annually. In 1687 he was appointed director of the court orchestra and in 1690 electoral councillor; he held both positions until his death. In 1688 his salary increased by 300 florins, to which certain payments in kind were added, and it reached an annual total of 1073 florins in 1699; this was, however, reduced to 400 florins on 20 March 1700 as a result of Austria’s taking possession of Bavaria. His output, much of which is lost, consisted mainly of ballet music. Apart from a few isolated pieces and a ballet composed in 1690 for the Bishop of Freising (now lost), he wrote the ballet music for a number of operas by Steffani and G.A. Bernabei. #ClassicalMusic