Jean-Baptiste Boësset (1614 – 25 December 1685) was a French composer of sacred and secular music, whose notable works include an ''

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airs de cour The ''air de cour'' was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650. From approximately 1610 to 1635, during the reign of Louis XIII, this was the predominant ...

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Antoine Boësset Antoine Boësset, Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset (1586 – 8 December 1643), Sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his fathe ...

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s and some '' psaumes.'' Three masses previously ascribed to his father are now widely ascribed to him, whilst he also worked with

Jean Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

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1666 This is the first year to be designated as an ''Annus mirabilis'', in John Dryden's 1667 Annus Mirabilis (poem), poem so titled, celebrating Kingdom of England, England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire. Events Januar ...

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Jean-Baptiste Boesset on E-classical
*Julie Anne Sadie, Christopher Hogwood
''Companion to Baroque Music''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boesset, Jean-Baptiste 1614 births 1685 deaths Composers from Paris French composers of sacred music French male classical composers French Baroque composers 17th-century French people 17th-century French classical composers 17th-century French male musicians