Jean-Baptiste Buterne (c. 1650 – 28 March 1727) was a French classical organist.
Biography Jean-Baptiste Buterne was born in Toulouse, Languedoc. His father was an organist.
Jean-Baptiste was appointed an organist at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris in 1674. He left this position in 1726 and was replaced by Claude-Nicolas Ingrain.
He was appointed organist of the Chapelle royale in 1678, quarter of April, at the same time as Lebègue, Thomelin and Nivers, a position he held until 1702. He was succeeded by Garnier, the organist from Saint-Louis-des-Invalides.
In 1673, he succeeded Henri Du Mont at the organ of Saint-Paul; he remained there until 1726. Daquin succeeded him.
His son, Charles Buterne, a squire, harpsichord master of the Duchess of Burgundy and organist, left behind some compositions and a method of learning music.
Works Petites Règles pour l’accompagnement, manuscript kept at the Sainte-Geneviève Library.
Sources Dictionnaire de la musique : les hommes et leurs œuvres.Dictionnaire de la musique : les hommes et leurs œuvres on BnF Georges Servières. Document inédits sur les Organistes français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles,Document inédits sur les Organistes français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles Paris, Schola Cantorum, c. 1925.
References
External links Buterne Jean-Baptiste on Musicology.org Buterne, Jean-Baptiste on IMSLP Jean-Babtiste Buterne: Sonate in F on YouTube