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Pierre Bouteiller
Pierre Bouteiller (1655–1717) was a French Baroque composer. His surviving works comprise 13 petits motets and a requiem for 5 voices and basso continuo.''Revue de musicologie'' 86 Société française de musicologie, Société française de musicologie - 2000 "Pierre Bouteiller, Missa pro defunctis cum quinque voc. Dans ecueil deTreize motets en partitions à 1,2, 3 et 4 voc. et org. Avec et sans instrum. Et une messe pro Defunctis à 5 CATTB et org., F-Pn Vm1 1256 (partition ms. fin du ..." Works, editions and recordings * ''Missa pro defunctis. O felix et dilecte conviva; Tantum ergo; O salutaris hostia; O fidelis et dilecte commensalis; Consideratio de vanitate mundi.'' Suzie LeBlanc, Stephan van Dyck, Les Voix Humaines. Atma, 2003 * ''Missa pro defunctis.'' Glossa, 2010 References 1717 deaths 1655 births French Baroque composers {{France-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petits Motets
The ''petit motet'' ("little motet") was a genre of domestic sacred chamber music popular in France during the baroque era. It was the sacred counterpart of the secular cantata, and small-scale counterpart of the ''grand motet The grand motet (plural grands motets) was a genre of motet cultivated at the height of the French baroque, although the term dates from later French usage. At the time, due to the stylistic feature of employing two alternating choirs, the works wer ....''''Motets for one and two voices with instruments'' p.viii François Martin (composer), Mary Cyr - 1988 "The petit motet represented a sacred counterpart to the fashionable cantata, and like the latter, it absorbed considerable foreign influence, especially from Italy. French composers often attempted to popularize their publications by ..." References {{reflist Baroque music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie LeBlanc
Suzie LeBlanc (born 27 October 1961) is a Canadian soprano and early music specialist. She is also active as a professor, currently working at Mcgill University. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for her contributions to music and Acadian culture. Early life and education Suzie LeBlanc was born into an Acadian family in Edmundston, New Brunswick. Her mother, Marie-Germaine Leblanc, was an operatic soprano and singing teacher. As a child LeBlanc played the piano and flute, and was a member of the youth choir Les Jeunes Chanteurs d'Acadie. In 1976 LeBlanc moved with her family to Montreal, where she was first exposed to baroque music at a concert of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and experienced what she later called "love at first sight" for the music. From 1979 to 1981 she studied harpsichord and voice at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent, with harpsichord as her major subject. Career As a singer LeBlanc specializes in the 17th and 18th century r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1717 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart. * January 4 (December 24, 1716 Old Style) – Great Britain, France and the Dutch Republic sign the Triple Alliance, in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17) 1716. * February 1 – The Silent Sejm, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth. * February 6 – Following the treaty between France and Britain, the Pretender James Stuart leaves France, and seeks refuge with Pope Clement XI. * February 26– March 6 – What becomes the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region. * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1655 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan. * January 7 – Pope Innocent X, leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papal States, dies after more than 10 years of rule. * February 14 – The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile, beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655. * February 16 – Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker. * March 8 – John Casor becomes the first legally recognized slave in what will become the United States, as a court in Northampton County in the Colony of Virginia issues its decision in the Casor lawsuit, the first instance of a judicial determination in the Thirteen Colonies holding that a person who had committed no crime could be held in servitude for life. * March 25 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. April–June * April 4 – Battle of Porto Farina, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
