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Jean-Baptiste Stuck

Italian-French composer and cellist

Jean-Baptiste Stuck (also known by the single moniker "Baptistin," "Batistin" or "Battistin") (6 May 1680 – 8 December 1755) was an Italian-French composer and cellist of the Baroque era.

Little is known of Stuck's early years. He was born at Livorno on the coast of Tuscany, came from a merchant family, and was the son of Giovanni-Giacomo Stuck and Barbera Hellerbeck. From 1702 he was in the service of Countess Lemos in Naples. Stuck wrote arias for the performance of the opera L'innocente inganno of Tomaso Albinoni, which was performed under the new title Rodrigo in Algieri on 10 December 1702 in Naples at the Teatro San Bartolimeo.

Shortly thereafter Stuck moved to Paris. In 1705, he published the collection Für das Jahr 1701 through the Ballard publishing house. In Paris, he was a member of the Chapelle royale and a cellist in the service of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. In 1722, he led the cello in the opera orchestra, displacing the bass viol. In 1733 he was naturalized French. He died in Paris.

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Works

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  • Héraclite et Démocrite
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: I. Récitatif “Dans un abisme affreux”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: I. Récitatif “Dans un abîme affreux”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: II. Air “Pleurez, pleurez mes tristes yeux”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: III. Récitatif “Dans le paisible sein de la tranquillité”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: IV. Air de mouvement “Sa raison n’est qu’un délire”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: IV. Air “Sa raison n’est qu’un délire”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: IX. Air “Portez à vos belles”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: V. Duo “Je succombe sous ton effort”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: V. Duo “Je succombe sur ton effort” – “Des humains le bizarre sort”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: VI. Récitatif “Mais quel objet nouveau rebouble mes douleurs?”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: VI. Récitatif “Mais quel objet nouveau rédouble mes douleurs”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: VII. Air “Plus légère qu’un zéphyr”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: VIII. Récitatif “Lasches et crédules amants”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: VIII. Récitatif “Lâches et crédules amants”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: X. Récitatif “Non, non, on ne voit point de sage”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: X. “Non, non on ne voit point de sage”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: XI. Air gayement “Dans la tempeste et dans l’orage”
  • Héraclite et Démocrite: XI. Duo “Dans la tempête et dans l’orage”
  • L'Opéra des Opéras: Méléagre: Prélude
  • Polydore
  • Thétis et Pélée
  • Thétis et Pélée: "Non sempre guerriero…"