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Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier
Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier | |
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Lithograph of Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier | |
| Born | Antoine Benoît Tranquille Berbiguier 21 December Caderousse |
| Died | 20 January () (aged52) Pontlevoy |
| Occupation(s) | Flautist Composer |
| Yearsactive | – |
Antoine Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier (21 December – 20 January ) was an early 19th-century French flautist, pedagog and composer.
Biography
Still very young, Berbiguier learned to play the Western concert flute, violin and cello.
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In at the age of 23, he left the family home against the will of his parents who intended him to be a lawyer. In order to study, he joined the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris where he entered the course of flautist Johann Georg Wunderlich and that of Henri Montan Berton for harmony.[1]
Since one of his friends, Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, was a cellist, Berbiguier composed numerous duets for flute and cello.
He also wrote fifteen duets,