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An American in Paris: this month. William Christie celebrates his sixtieth birthday and the 300th anniversary of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's death with a tour of the composer's works.(Interview)
"I was a musician," wrote Marc-Antoine Charpentier more than three centuries ago. "And since those who scorned me were more numerous than those who praised me, music brought me small honor and great burdens." His glum tone becomes understandable when the slim facts of his life are studied. Although he was one of the most brilliant of all French composers, creator of magnificent sacred music (Te Deum), chamber operas (La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers) and one grand dramatic work--a Medee at least as blood-chilling as the later version by Cherubini--Charpentier spent his career at the margins of the music world. His contemporary Lully, favorite of Louis XIV, controlled ...
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier. (Music Reviews).(Meslanges Autographes: Facsimile du...
- Magazine article from: Notes Rosow, Lois September 1, 2002 700+ words
Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Meslanges autographes: Fac...couronne de fleurs, pastorale; Les Arts florissants. Facsim. reprod...908584-204. Fr 475.] Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) has come to be...
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier chez les Abenaquis ou la petite histoire d'une Chanson...
- Magazine article from: Historical Studies Dubois, Paul-Andre January 1, 2006 700+ words
...present article porte sur un fragment d'oratorio de Marc-Antoine Charpentier decouvert parmi la musique vocale religieuse adaptee des...following article is devoted to the study of a Marc-Antoine Charpentier Christmas oratorio's fragment. The later was discovered...
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier. (Sound Recording Reviews).(Messe de Monsieur de...
- Magazine article from: Notes Anderson, Rick December 1, 2002 700+ words
Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy. Le Concert Spirituel/Herve...motets and close to two hundred liturgical pieces--Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote surprisingly few Masses. This is one of only eleven...
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
- Magazine article from: Notes Heyer, John Hajdu March 1, 1998 700+ words
Over the past half century Marc-Antoine Charpentier has steadily emerged from his undeserved obscurity...the English edition of Catherine Cessac's Marc Antoine Charpentier offers musicians and scholars a major new comprehensive...
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound...
- Magazine article from: Notes Anderson, Rick June 1, 2004 700+ words
Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Musique Sacree. Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv B0001413-02, 2003. The Messe pour plusieurs instruments au...
- A Bewitching `Medee'; Les Arts Florissants' Sharp Charpentier
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joseph McLellan May 7, 1995 700+ words
Today, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's opera "Medee" is recognized as one of the monuments of...three centuries. It was rediscovered in the 1984 recording by Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie. Now Christie...
- Classical Music Classical CDs ring in with good cheer.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Medrek, T.J. December 14, 2001 700+ words
...Christmas music by 17th century composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier by early music specialists Les Arts Florissants (Erato). But for the more...redefining what it means to make a joyful noise. Les Arts Florissants, a vocal and instrumental group...
- Sumptuously refined.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) January 21, 2004 700+ words
...STEPHEN PETTITT Barbican Les Arts Florissants TICKETS for...Christie's baroque group Les Arts Florissants are as highly...of a century, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers and Les Arts Florissants, the very...
