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Benoit (1992) p. 68.
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Grove Music Online
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Neal ZASLAW : 'Bertheaume, Isidore', Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed 30 March 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Bertheaume [Berthéaume, Berthaume], Isidore [Julien]
(b Paris, c1752; d St Petersburg, 19 or 20 March 1802). French violinist and composer. The nephew and pupil of the violinist Lemière l’aîné, he was a child prodigy whose performances of his own works and those of Gaviniès, Lolli and Felice Giardini caused a sensation at 19 appearances at the Concert Spirituel during the years 1761 and 1765–9; he continued to be a favourite soloist there, appearing on 31 occasions between 1775 and 1790, when the concerts ended. He also studied with Lemière’s teacher Gaviniès. In 1767 he became a member of the Opéra orchestra […]. Bertheaume withdrew from Parisian musical life between 1769 and 1775 – it is not known why or to where – but in the latter year he returned, rejoining the Opéra orchestra (until 1781) and appearing again at the Concert Spirituel as soloist and in the orchestra. He was also leader of the Concert d’Emulation (1786) and Opéra comique (1788), and played at the Société des Enfants d’Apollon (1787–90). From 1789 to 1791 he was conductor and co-director of the Concert Spirituel with Legros. These activities were interrupted by the Revolution, and he fled to Germany in 1791 with his nephew and pupil, Carl Philippe Lafont. There he played at several courts until in 1793 the Duke of Oldenburg and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck appointed him Konzertmeister to the court at Eutin. This post he retained until 1801 when he went by way of Copenhagen and Stockholm to St Petersburg, where he briefly held a position as leader of the imperial orchestra."
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