I wonder if anyone can help? Niccolò Dôthel was a professional flute
player and composer born 1721 (Luneville) and died 1810 (Florence).
An entry in IMSLP (of Dôthel's music) says:
According to Grove Music, "An accurate listing of Dôthel’s output is
severely impeded by the fact that James Oswald used the pseudonym
‘Dottel Figlio’ for some of his works published in London at the time."
I can't find anything to learn more about this beyond a brief mention by
David Johnson in Groves that Oswald used pseudonyms including Dôthel or
Figlio(?) but no details or explanations of why James Oswald, a popular and
successful composer, would use pseudonyms or what the evidence is that
he did use pseudonyms. (I do know of some contemporary evidence that he
did but I can't find any discussions or research about any of this today.
The only lines of enquiry I can find point to David Johnson who died a
few years ago. Surely someone, somewhere has done work on this?
Stuart
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