Adolphe Blaise
Adolphe Benoît Blaise was an 18th-century French bassoonist and composer, died in 1772.
He joined the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne in 1737 and composed the music for Le petit maistre in 1738. In 1743, he was head of the orchestra of the Foire Saint-Laurent and in 1744 of that of the Foire Saint-Germain. From 1753 to 1760,
he was director of the orchestra of the Comédie-Italienne and composed many ballets, divertissements, dances, parodies, pantomimes and overall the music for the successful comedy by Justine Favart Annette et Lubin and two comedies by Favart: Isabelle et Gertrude and finally La Rosière de Salency.
