A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bruni, Antoine-Barthelemy

by Paul David

BRUNI, Antoine-Barthelemy, a violinist and composer, born at Coni in Piedmont in 1759 [App. p. 567 "Feb. 2"]. He was a pupil of Pugnani, and lived from 1771 at Paris, first as orchestral player at the Italian Opera, and afterwards as conductor of the Opéra Comique. He wrote sixteen operas, some of which achieved considerable success, although now entirely forgotten.

For the violin he wrote four sets of sonatas, several concertos, ten quartets, and twenty-eight sets of violin duets, the latter well known to professors as useful pieces for teaching purposes, also a 'Methode de Violon,' and a 'Methode pour l'Alto-viola.' He died in 1823.

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