Charles d'Ambleville (died 6 July 1637 in Rouen) was a French composer. His ''Octonarium sacrum'' (1634) is a set of five-part verses for the ''
Magnificat
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'', using all eight tones, in
fugal
In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...
style. He also composed the ''Messe des Jésuites à Pékin'' (
Mass
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of the
Beijing Jesuits). He died at
Rouen.
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1637 deaths
French male classical composers
French Baroque composers
Year of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
17th-century classical composers
17th-century male musicians
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