Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Composer)
Born: 1643, Paris
Died: 24th February 1704, Paris
Nationality: French
Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his Te Deum, Marche en rondeau. This theme which is still used today as a fanfare during television broadcasts of the Eurovision Network, the European Broadcasting Union. The most relevant broadcast program it transmits is the Eurovision Song Contest.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality of his prolific output. He mastered all genres, and his skill in writing sacred vocal music was especially hailed by his contemporaries.
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Interview,
Reinoud Van Mechelen on Charpentier
The Belgian tenor talks to David about his recent double-bill of Charpentier's settings of the Orpheus myth, with A Nocte Temporis and Vox Luminis.
Recording of the Week,
Charpentier from Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis and Reinoud Van Mechelen
The two Belgian early music ensembles pool their resources for two very different works depicting Orpheus's descent to the underworld, with Van Mechelen on outstanding form as the intrepid hero in each case.
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Popular Works: Charpentier, M-A
- A pastoral tribute to the Sun King: Pastorale H.486, Airs and instrumental pieces (4)
- Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, H. 446 (6)
- Chaconne "sans frayeur…" (6)
- Chanson à danser celle qui fait mon tourment, H. 450 (6)
- Concert pour quatre parties de violes H. 545 (8)
- David et Jonathas (5)
- In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 314 (5)
- In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416 (14)
- La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers (6)
- Le Reniement de Saint Pierre, H 424 (10)
- Leçons de Ténèbres (5)
- Litanies de la Vierge, H83 (14)
- Magnificat (5)
- Magnificat pour le Port Royal H.81 (5)
- Marches pour les Trompettes H.547 (6)
- Mass, H. 1 (5)
- Médée (6)
- Méditations pour le Carême (5)
- Messe à Quatre Choeurs (4)
- Messe de minuit pour Noël (9)
- Messe des morts à quatre voix (H10) (5)
- Messe pour le Port-Royal H.5 (4)
- Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues H. 513 (6)
- Missa 'Assumpta est Maria', H. 11 (7)
- Motet pour les Trépassés (4)
- Noel: A minuet fut fait un reveil, H. 9 (13)
- Noel: Joseph est bien marié, H. 534 (5)
- Noel: Or, nous dites, Marie, H. 534 (5)
- Noel: Un flambeau, Janette, Isabelle!, H. 460c (5)
- Noel: Une jeune pucelle, H. 534 No. 6 (5)
- Noëls (3), H531 (6)
- Noëls (6), H534 (10)
- Noëls sur les instruments: selection (5)
- Ouverture pour l'église H. 524 (4)
- Salve regina à trois choeurs, H. 24 (10)
- Stabat Mater, H15 (4)
- Te Deum, H146 (31)
- Te Deum, H146: Prélude (62)
- Te Deum, H147 (4)
- Transfige dulcissime Jesu, H251 (6)
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