Antoine Bullant

Antoine Bullant, also Anton Bullandt (Russian: Антон Булландт or Антуан Бюлан, 9 February 1751 in Mělník, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire – 25 [OS 13] June 1821 St Petersburg) was a bassoon player and opera composer who worked first in France but primarily in Imperial Russia. He was originally from Bohemia. Antoine Bullant is also sometimes referred to as Jean Bullant (Жан Бюлан) or Anton Bullandt. However, most current scholarly sources refer to him as Antoine Bullant as all 18th-century printed and manuscript copies of his own works spell the name ‘Bullant’.