Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741-1801) - Symphonie I in F

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Composer: Bartholomeus Ruloffs (1741-1801)
Work: Symphonie I in F
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Largo 2:09
3. Allegro non troppo 3:57

Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples
World Premiere: Yes
Sheet music (pdf): No available
Sheet music (xml): No available

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Bartholomeus Ruloffs
(Amsterdam, bap. 29 October 1741 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1801)

Dutch violinist, organist, conductor, composer and librettist. His father Reynier Ruloffs was a bassoonist; his brother Jan Pieter Ruloffs was a violinist at the Moses- en Aäronkerk and a timpanist in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg orchestra, in which Bartholomeus became a violinist in 1757. In the 1760s he was active as a violinist at the Moses- en Aäronkerk and in 1766 he was appointed organist at the Nieuwezijdskapel. The Amsterdam theatre burnt down in 1772, and the following year he succeeded Hendrik Chalon as conductor of the orchestra. On 15 September 1774 the rebuilt theatre was inaugurated with music by Ruloffs. In 1783 he became organist at the Westerkerk, and in 1791 conductor of the Felix Meritis symphony concerts. In 1791 he was also appointed organist at the Nieuwe Kerk, but he left in 1793 to become organist at the Oude Kerk, where he remained until his death. In the same year he married the singer Ernestina Louisa Anderegg. He was removed from his conducting duties at the theatre in 1798, and returned only briefly in 1800-01. As a composer, his output includes, among others, 5 opéras comiques, several cantatas (all lost), and songs as well as a collection of six sonates, 'Les récréations d’Apollon, ou Les 3 symphonies … tiré des nouveaux opéras françois' (1772), and 'Musique militaire' (1785). Bartholomeus Ruloffs was a leading figure in the development of musical life in Amsterdam.