Blasius
was the son of the master tailor Michel Blasius. His
father was a good musician himself and assigned the
first musical lessons to him in his childhood. The young
Blasius also may have got to know the bases of the harmony.
Blasius
was primarily violinists and a clarinettist, however,
also mastered the bassoon and the flute. Blasius went
at 1784 to Paris. Blasius appeared as violinist in the
Concert Spirituel already in spring 1784. He was engaged
as composer and arranger for music for wind instruments
soon, too. He received an employment with the orchestra
the Comédie Italienne in the group of the first violins
1788. He became a conductor there on April 19th, 1790.
He belonged 1793-1795 to the National Guard. At the
foundation of the Conservatoire 1795 one he got a professorship
in violin (to C. Pierre), according to a lexicographical
information such for wind instruments. Since 1799 Blasius
was a conductor of the music corps of the guard of the
consuls at the same time. He lost his professorship
at the Conservatoire 1802 and soon afterwards (1804)
also his conductor job at the guard of the consuls.
His conductor office at the Comédie Italienne, called
Opéra Comique now, performed Matthäus Blasius for a
long time. After his retirement in March 1816 he retired
in the private life to Versailles and 1829 died there.
The symphony concertante on hand (or as mentioned in
the print "Simphonie") was published 1795/Imprimerie
du Conservatoire, later in the publishing house Imbault
in Paris. On the print he is only called Frederic
Blasius – Membre du Conservatoire de Musique.
From Blasius another 3 concerts are known for violin,
4 for clarinet and one for bassoon. He also composed
several operas next to chamber music and works for music
for wind instruments and wrote a clarinet school.