Jean-Joseph Rodolphe |

Jean-Joseph Rodolphe

Born October 14, 1730 in Strasbourg.

Alsatian by origin. French horn player, violinist, composer, teacher and music theorist.

Since 1760 he lived in Stuttgart, where he wrote 4 ballets, the most famous among them is Medea and Jason (1763). Since 1764 – in Paris, where he taught, including at the conservatory.

Rodolphe’s ballets were staged by J.-J. Noverre at the Stuttgart Court Theater – “The Caprices of Galatea”, “Admet and Alceste” (both – together with F. Deller), “Rinaldo and Armida” (all – 1761), “Psyche and Cupid”, “Death of Hercules” (both – 1762), “Medea and Jason”; at the Paris Opera – the ballet-opera Ismenor (1773) and Apelles et Campaspe (1776). In addition, Rodolphe owns works for horn and violin, operas, a solfeggio course (1786) and The Theory of Accompaniment and Composition (1799).

Jean Joseph Rodolphe died in Paris on August 18, 1812.