Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (born in the

diocese of Clermont The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy ...

, 1601, and died in

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, 30 Oct 1675) was a French composer. He entered the

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as a novice in 1621 and from 1660 until his death directed the music at the church attached to the Jesuit

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of Paris see A. de Backer and others: Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, ed. C. Sommervogel, iii, Brussels, 1892 (known today as the

Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis The Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to 1641 by the Jesuit architects Étienne Martellange and François Derand, on the orders of Lou ...

church), where

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still us ...

later served. Besides a few vocal works in manuscript, three publications are known: *''Musicalia varia ad usum ecclesiae'' (1650, lost) *''Musica sacra ad vesperas aliasque in ecclesia preces'' for one, two and four voices with organ (1659) *''Musica sacra ad varias ecclesiae preces … pars altera'' (1661), for four voices, including a

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recently reedited by the

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Sources

*Nathalie Berton-Blivet, ''Catalogue du motet imprimé en France (1647-1789)''. Paris: , 2011. *Laurent Guillo, ''Pierre I Ballard et Robert III Ballard, imprimeurs du roy pour la musique'' (Liège and Versailles : 2003). *, ''Les Jésuites et la musique''. Liège: Mardaga, 1991. *Gaëtan Naulleau, ''La pratique de la basse continue en France au regard de la ''Musica Sacra'' de Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, Ballard, 1659, 1661'', Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, 1997. *Henri Rybeyrete, ''Scriptores provinciæ franciæ Societatis Jesu ab anno 1640 ad annum 1670 collecti ab Henrico Rybeyrete ejusdem societatis, 1670''. Manuscript. Vanves, Archives de la Compagnie de Jésus. *

Carlos Sommervogel Carlos Sommervogel (8 January 1834 – 4 March 1902) was a French Jesuit scholar. He was author of the monumental ''Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus'', which served as one of the major references for the editors of the Catholic Encyclope ...

and Aloys De Backer, ''Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus''. Bruxelles et Paris: 1890-1900 (9 vol.)

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