Son of a wig mak­er, Bar­thél­é­mon start­ed out as an ar­my of­fi­cer in an Ir­ish bri­gade, then went on to be­come a pro­fess­ion­al vi­o­lin­ist on the ad­vice of the Earl of Kelly. He moved to Eng­land in 1765, and by 1770 was lead­ing the Vaux­hall Gar­dens Or­ches­tra. He al­so comp­osed op­er­as and other mu­sic. He be­came as­so­ci­at­ed with J. Du­ché, chap­lain of the Roy­al Fe­male Or­phan Asy­lum, and wrote his tune Morn­ing Hymn at Du­ché’s re­quest.

• Frost, p. 664
• Hustad, p. 202
• Lightwood, p. 170
• Nutter, p. 453
• Reynolds, pp. 246-47
• Stulken, p. 341

1. Autumn (some­times at­trib­ut­ed to Lou­is von Esch)
2. Ballerma
3. Morn­ing Hymn