Composed in 1663, the "Airs à 4, basse continu, (...), on the paraphrase of some psalms and hymns by Messire Antoine Godeau" are small motets representative of French Baroque music in the time of Louis th 14th in Paris and in Versailles.
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This polyphonic a cappella mass was first published in 1699, while Campra was still music master at Notre-Dame de Paris. It is the only known mass (with the exception of his Requiem);
In this composition, André Campra plays with rhythms...
This Marc-Antoine Charpentier short motet was first published in a collection of various music (Meslanges) in 1730. Charpentier composed on this text (even if he was not musician at the Versailles King's Court) at least five versions. This one is...
Paraphrase in French of psalm 46 written by the bishop of Vence et Grasse (in Provence) : Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus (all peoples clap your hands).
This motet is a model of its kind. Using a short verse from Psalm 78 to music, it serves the text with expressive melodic lines and a constantly renewed vocal dialogue.
Giovanni Battista Casali lived in Rome and more specifically in the Vatican...
MeF 1768 - Henry DUMONT : CANTATE DOMINO for 4 mixed voices and Basso Continuo.
This motet is written under the form of a polyphonic dialogue between 4 soloists (or a small choir) and a (large) choir.
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