Antoine Bullant, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Bullant

Czech musician and composer

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1751

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1821

Profession: composer, musician

Nationality: France, Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Antoine Bullant, also Anton Bullandt (Russian: ????? ???????? or ?????? ?????, 9 February 1751 in Melník, Bohemia – 25 [OS 13] June 1821 St Petersburg) was a Czech musician (bassoon player) and opera composer that worked first in France but primarily in Imperial Russia. Antoine Bullant is also sometimes referred to as Jean Bullant (??? ?????) or Anton Bullandt.
However, most current scholarly sources refer to him as Antoine Bullant as all 18th-century printed and manuscript copies of his own works spell the name ‘Bullant’.
In Russian his name was also transliterated as ?????, ??????, ??????? and sometimes "trans-transliterated" in other languages (e.g., in German, in lists of operas) as Bulant, Bullanto, Bullault, Bullandt, Bjulan. The Grove Dictionary of Music describes him as a French composer and bassoonist of Czech origin, born in Amiens (?), who in 1771 or 1772 settled in Paris, where he published four symphonies (1773) and some chamber instrumental ensembles. There is some controversial information that Bullandt came to Russia in 1780, and entered the service in Imperial St Petersburg Theatres in 1783 and was a founder of "St Petersburg Philharmonic Society".
Biographical data about him are scarce.