Suite for flute solo No 3 in G minor, Op. 35

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) was a versatile French composer known for his operas, ballets, sacred music, as well as many instrumental works that helped to define the soundscape of early-18th-century Paris. Born and Thionville (France) and raised in Metz and Perpignan, he absorbed provincial musical life before moving to Paris in 1723, where he secured a royal privilege to engrave and publish his own music.
That entrepreneurial step—unusual for the time—let him write directly for the city’s booming market of skilled amateurs and print quickly in elegant, player-friendly editions. By his late fifties, he had issued well over 100 opus numbers, becoming not just popular but financially successful, a rare feat for a composer of his era.
By his late 50s he managed to compose and publish over 100 works and became very popular and even rich. Boismortier is known as the first composer to write the first French solo concerto (cello or bassoon) in 1729, as well as many compositions for the transverse flute. Since he wrote music mostly for amateur musicians, he also wrote a flute instruction method that has been considered lost.