Antoine Charpentier, Marc C Composers Composition

Antoine Charpentier, Marc C Composers Composition

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French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643?-1704) studied under Italian sacred music composer Giacomo Carissimi and wrote for Molière's theatre company. Only one opera, Médée, survives from this period. The final twenty years of his life were spent mainly with sacred music. Noted achievements in this genre include a famous setting of the Te Deum, the beautiful Christmas Midnight Mass and the Assumpta est Maria Mass.

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See Also:

- Music files offered in MIDI format.
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Musical biography including studies and Italian influences, work among French royalty, analysis of style and substance of his works, and a summary list of compositions. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Varied writings, essays, and speculative studies on the composer and his protectors and musical patrons.
- Brief biography and caricature with summary of church music and links to recommended recordings.
- Brief biography, key works, suggested reading, timeline, recommended recordings, and additional resources from Humanities Web.
- Filmography linked to details about movies and television programs based upon or using his music from the Internet Movie Database.
- Complete, chronological discography of recordings of the music of Charpentier from 1978 to date.

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