Pierre Menault
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Pierre-Richard Menault was a French Baroque composer.
Although a provincial chapel master and priest at Dijon
he printed vespers dedicated to Père François de la Chaise
, confessor of Louis XIV
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Although a provincial chapel master and priest at Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
he printed vespers dedicated to Père François de la Chaise
François de la Chaise
François de la Chaise was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France.-Biography:...
, confessor of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
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Works, editions and recordings
- Masses 1676, 1686, 1687, 1691, 1692.
- Vêpres pour le Pére la Chaize. recording Greuillet, JarousskyPhilippe JarousskyPhilippe Jaroussky is a French sopranist countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory and then took up the piano before turning to singing...
, Janssens, Lombard, van Dyck. Ensemble La FeniceEnsemble La FeniceEnsemble La Fenice is a period wind band based in the town of Auxerre in the Bourgogne region of France. Founded in 1990 by the cornett player Jean Tubéry, the ensemble specializes in music of the Baroque era played on period instruments.-External links:...
, Jean Tubéry. K617