Bartholomeus Ruloffs

Bartholomeus Ruloffs (October 1741 - 13 May 1801) was a Dutch conductor and composer.

Ruloffs was born and died in Amsterdam. His duties as conductor included conducting the city's Felix Meritis concerts. His new music for Zemire en Azor, a zangspel with scenery and ballets, for Pieter Pypers' 1784 Dutch version of the play by Jean-François Marmontel was a significant early step towards producing an opera in Dutch.

Selected works

 * Les décréations d’Apollon on les trois symphonies a deux violons, taille et basse obligé, deux flutes et deux corni de chasse tiré des nouveaux opéras français. printed by J.J. Hummel in Amsterdam.
 * Music for Zemire en Azor (1784), one of the earliest opera in the Netherlands.
 * Six sonatas for keyboard (Markordt, 1769)
 * Derde stukje der muzikale verlustiging (Smit, 1772)
 * Cantate historique (1777)
 * Jephta (Kruyff, 1779) a theatrical zangspel.
 * Marsch-retraite, for the burger company of watch district 40, Hieronimus van Slingelandt
 * Beurtgezangen, Elk zyn beurt is niet te veel (1785)
 * Proeve van kleine gedichten voor kinderen; text Hieronymus van Alphen (Gerbrand Roos, 1790)
 * Tot middernacht (List of tegenlist), zangspel (Helders en Mars, 1791)
 * Willem Tell (1791)
 * In triomf (1795)
 * nl:De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje.