Interesting Eighteenth Century Composers, Vol. V

By Daniel Zimmermann

The following composers are treated: Joseph Quesnel, Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis I, Charles-Amador Martin, Antonio de Salazar, Manuel de Zumaya, Ignacio de Jerusalem, José María Bustamante, José Mariano Elízaga Prado, Francisco de Vidales, Juan Mathías de los Reyes y Mapamundi, Matteo Vallados, Manuel José de Quirós, Rafael Antonio Castellanos, José Eulalio Samayoa, Jeremiah Dencke, Christian Gregor, Johannes Herbst, Simon Peter, David Moritz Michael, Georg Gottfried Müller, Newport Gardner, Micah Hawkins, James Lyon, Timothy Olmstead, Peter Valton, Eliakim Doolittle, Nehemiah Shumway, Ishmael Spicer, Andrew Adgate, John Cole, William Brown, and William Tuckey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel Zimmermann
• Release date: Jul 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005256012

Daniel Zimmermann

Daniel Zimmermann was born in Merrill, Wisconsin, and grew up in Hustisford, Wisconsin. He was graduated as valedictorian from Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin. His valedictory concerned the ancient philosopher Plotinus. Special honors were third place in an Eta Sigma Phi Greek composition contest and the Doctor Ott award.He was also graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. After serving as pastor for several years, he became a free lance writer. Because of the outstanding success of his Spanish poetry in Mexico, his biography was included in Who's Who in the Midwest. He is also a former member of American Mensa.He is married to Merian, nee Ecot. The couple is residing in the Philippines.Daniel Zimmermann is the author of short stories and poetry. He also writes non-fiction, especially on literature, history, Christianity, and botany.

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Interesting Eighteenth Century Composers, Vol. V

Composers of North America

By Daniel Zimmermann

Chapter One

Canadian Composers

Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809)

Quesnel was a native of Saint-Malo, a seaport in Brittany. Its inhabitants were famous (or perhaps I should say notorious) seafarers, and Quesnel was no exception. He visited Pondicherry, Madagascar, French Guiana, several islands of the Antilles, and Brazil.

Then he decided to live in Bordeaux but continued to sail. In partnership with his uncle, he imitated the fabled Sinbad the Sailor, engaging in trading voyages.

In 1779 he engaged in an especially dangerous voyage. He was sailing on a ship loaded with ammunition designed to help the Americans during the Revolutionary War. He may have been in command of the vessel.

The British did not like this at all. They captured the ship, and Quesnel became a prisoner of war. He was taken to Halifax but eventually was set free on the condition that he remain in British North America till the end of the war.

He actually remained in British North America the rest of his life, making only one brief trip to Europe.

He married Marie-Josephte Deslandes, a native of Saint-Malo who happened to be in Montreal with her mother and step-father. Monsieur et Madame Quesnel were blessed with thirteen children. They eventually decided to live in Boucherville, which was not far from Montreal.

He engaged in commerce in partnership with his wife’s step-father Among other things, he exported furs to France and imported wine.

He died a hero. Although he was sixty-two years old, he dived into the St. Lawrence River to save a drowning child. As a result, he contracted pleurisy. It proved to be a terminal ailment.

He composed a musical comedy entitled Colas et Colinette. It is a prose drama punctuated with occasional arietas. This is considered the first musical drama written in Canada.

He also started to compose a musical comedy entitled Lucas et Cécile. He died before