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Charpentier - Motets pour le Grand Dauphin | Alpha ALPHA138

Charpentier - Motets pour le Grand Dauphin

Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA138

Barcode: 3760014191381

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

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As eldest son of Louis XIV, Louis of France (nicknamed le Grand Dauphin) was marked out to become king of France at his father's death. He was therefore given the education of a monarch, as this would have been conceived in the 17th century.

Just like his father, the Dauphin surrounded himself with chosen personalities, amongst whom was the composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Removed from an official position at court by the talent and the intrigues of Lully, he was not allowed to write for the opera, for which the "Surintendant de la musique" had obtained a royal privilege. He therefore concentrated his creative activity primarily on sacred music, giving it the "Italian style" expressivity he had learned in Rome, where he had studied with Carrissimi. This religious lyricism deploys itself in the motets composed for Monseigneur's religious services.

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