Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Title | Marc-Antoine Charpentier PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Cessac |
Publisher | |
Pages | 580 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Although Charpentier left little trace of his worldly existence, his music fortunately has been preserved nearly in its entirety. This book is the first comprehensive study of his approximately 550 compositions, including a number of important pieces that remain relatively unknown. A discussion of the composer's theoretical writings, a complete catalog of Charpentier's works, and an extensive bibliography are all given here. While Charpentier's life and personality are still shrouded in mystery, our knowledge about him has nevertheless increased considerably over the past few years, and it will certainly continue to be enriched by new discoveries in the future. His music, for the most part still unknown both on disc and in concert, is waiting for performers to reveal all its facets, and for an ever-growing public finally to discover Charpentier as one of France's most remarkable composers.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Pestis Mediolanensis (the Plague of Milan)
Title | Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Pestis Mediolanensis (the Plague of Milan) PDF eBook |
Author | H. Wiley Hitchcock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-11 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780807878750 |
The Plague of Milan (c. 1680) is commonly called an oratorio but is best described as a motet. The text, a description of the charitable acts of the Bishop of Milan during the bubonic plague of 1576, is based on Charpentier's holograph manuscript and includes a full score for soloists, double chorus, winds, and strings. This edition includes an analysis of the music and text, a translation of the test, a discussion of editorial problems, and a collection of writings on the work. Originally published in 1979. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
New Perspectives on Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Title | New Perspectives on Marc-Antoine Charpentier PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Thompson |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780754665793 |
The tercentenary of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's death in 2004 stimulated a surge of activity on the part of performers and scholars, confirming the modern assessment of Charpentier (1643-1704) as one of the most important and inventive composers of the French Baroque. The present book illustrates not only the sheer variety of research strands currently pursued, but also the way in which these strands frequently intertwine and generate the potential for future research. Between them, they examine facets of the composer's compositional language and process, aspects of his performance practice and notation, the contexts within which he worked, and the nature of his legacy. The appendix contains a transcription of the inventory of Charpentier's manuscripts prepared when their sale to the Royal Library was negotiated in 1726 - an invaluable research tool, as numerous chapters in the book demonstrate. The wide variety of topics covered here will appeal both to readers interested in Charpentier's music and to those with a broader interest in the music and culture of the French Baroque, including aspects of patronage, church and theatre. Far from treating his output in isolation, this book places it in the wider context alongside such composers as Lully, Lalande, Marais, François Couperin and Rameau; it also views the composer in relation to his Italian training. In the process, the under-examined question of influence - who influenced Charpentier? whom did he influence? - repeatedly comes to the fore.
Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era
Title | Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Francesco Anerio |
Publisher | |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Concertos |
ISBN |
Judicium Salomonis
Title | Judicium Salomonis PDF eBook |
Author | Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Publisher | A-R Editions, Inc. |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 1964-06-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0895790017 |
New Perspectives on Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Title | New Perspectives on Marc-Antoine Charpentier PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Thompson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1351556428 |
The tercentenary of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's death in 2004 stimulated a surge of activity on the part of performers and scholars, confirming the modern assessment of Charpentier (1643-1704) as one of the most important and inventive composers of the French Baroque. The present book provides a snapshot of Charpentier scholarship in the early years of the new century. Its 13 chapters illustrate not only the sheer variety of strands currently pursued, but also the way in which these strands frequently intertwine and generate the potential for future research. Between them, they examine facets of the composer's compositional language and process, aspects of his performance practice and notation, the contexts within which he worked, and the nature of his legacy. The appendix contains a transcription of the inventory of Charpentier's manuscripts prepared when their sale to the Royal Library was negotiated in 1726 - an invaluable research tool, as numerous chapters in the book demonstrate. The wide variety of topics covered here will appeal both to readers interested in Charpentier's music and to those with a broader interest in the music and culture of the French Baroque, including aspects of patronage, church and theatre. Far from treating his output in isolation, this book places it in the wider context alongside such composers as Lully, Lalande, Marais, Fran‘s Couperin and Rameau; it also views the composer in relation to his Italian training. In the process, the under-examined question of influence - who influenced Charpentier? whom did he influence? - repeatedly comes to the fore. The book's Foreword was written by H. Wiley Hitchcock shortly before he died. Hitchcock's own part in raising the profile of Charpentier and his music to the level of recognition which it now enjoys cannot be emphasized enough. Appropriately the volume is dedicated to his memory.
Portraits Around Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Title | Portraits Around Marc-Antoine Charpentier PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia M. Ranum |
Publisher | Pendragon Press |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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59 biographies of the ancestors, relatives, colleagues and patrons of French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), followed by a boiography of the composer based upon the author's archival research. Published to commemorate the tricentennial of the composer's death, Feb. 24, 1704. Will be of special interest to musicologists and historians (French history, women's history, history of clientage/patronage, history of the family).