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Tristis Est Anima Mea (Robert)
Pierre Robert (c. 1618 – 30 December 1699) was a French composer and early master of the French ''grand motet''. Biography Robert was educated at the boys choir, or ''maîtrise'', of Notre Dame de Paris under the direction of Henry Frémart, Jean Francois (musician), Jean Francois, and Cosset Veillot before being appointed master of music at the Senlis Cathedral in 1643. In 1650 he went to the Cathedral of Chartres before returning to Senlis in March 1652. On 28 April 1653, he was appointed music master of Notre Dame de Paris, replacing Valentin de Bournonville. Robert remained ten years as head of the ''maîtrise''.Bianconi L. Music in the seventeenth century 1987 p. 149 In 1663, Louis XIV chose him with Henry Du Mont to occupy one of the four posts of Assistant Master of the ''Chapelle Royale''. He initially filled this function in conjunction with Thomas Gobert, Gabriel Expilly and Henry Du Mont, though Gobert and Expilly resigned in 1668. Du Mont and Robert developed the ''g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Motet
The grand motet (plural grands motets) was a genre of motet cultivated at the height of the French Baroque music, French baroque, although the term dates from later French usage. At the time, due to the stylistic feature of employing two alternating Choir, choirs, the works were typically described as ''motet pour deux choeurs'' - motet for double choir. Form of a grand motet In the context of French baroque music the grand motet primarily contrasted with the petit motet. The first distinction is evident in the name; the ''grand'' form was truly ''grand'' (big) in proportion calling for double choirs and massed orchestral forces, whereas the ''petit'' form was a chamber genre for one or two solo voices, one or two solo instruments, and basso continuo - the basso continuo typically provided by the harpsichord at home or organ in a smaller church. These two French baroque motet types are also very distinct from the medieval motets of Guillaume Dufay, Dufay and renaissance motets of Orl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |