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Bertin Quentin
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18th centuryfrench
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Bertin Quentin (“l’aîné” / the elder; b. before 1690 – d. early 1767, Ermont) Bertin Quentin—known in the sources as “Quentin l’aîné” to distinguish him from his younger brother Jean-Baptiste Quentin (“le jeune”)—was a French violinist and composer whose career was rooted in the professional orchestral world of early-18th-century Paris. He entered the orchestra of the Académie royale de musique (the Paris Opéra) in 1706, and by 1713 he had risen within the “grand chœur,” playing at the second desk of the first violins, immediately behind Michel-Richard de Lalande in ceremonial/royal contexts. In 1720 he acquired the post of basse de violon with the prestigious royal string band, the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi, a position he held until his retirement on a pension in 1749, after which he settled at Ermont, where he died in early 1767. As a composer, Bertin Quentin is chiefly associated with chamber music for treble instrument and continuo. Contemporary notices and later summaries credit him with a published collection of “10 sonatas for violin alone and for flute (recorder) with basso continuo”, commonly referred to as 10 Sonates, Op. 1 (dated on IMSLP as 1730). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.