Louis Chein (

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, 1637-1694) was French priest and composer best known for his requiem mass for four voices published by Ballard in 1690.Jean-Paul C. Montagnie
The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600–1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks p.267
/ref> The "Ne recorderis"; and "Dirige Domine" of Chein's mass were selected by conductor Raphael Pichon for inclusion in the composite requiem mass ''Les Funerailles Royales de Louis XIV'' for the funeral of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

(1715) performed and videotaped in 2015.

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1637 births 1694 deaths French Baroque composers {{France-composer-stub