Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734)
- Laudate Dominum quoniam (c.1728)
Performers: Isabelle Poulеnаrd (soprano); Alain Zаеpffеl (contra-tenor);
Jеan-Claude Orliаc (tenor); Michel Vеrschaеvе (bariton);
Ensemble Vocal de Bourgogne; Ensemble d'Instruments Anciens; Jacquеs
Échivаrd (conductor)
Further info: Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734) - Motets
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French organist, teacher, music theorist and composer. He probably
learnt music in the maîtrise of the collegiate church of Notre Dame,
Mantes, and in that of Evreux Cathedral. According to the Etat actuel de
la Musique du Roi (1773) he was a student of Caldara in Rome. From 1694
to 1698 he was maitre at Chartes Cathedral before being called to Paris
in 1698 as maitre de musique at St. Germain l'Auxerrois. On 5 April
1704 he succeeded Marc-Antoine Charpentier as maître de musique of the
Sainte-Chapelle. He held that position at Sainte-Chapelle from 1704 to
1726, and from 1723 he was one of the 3 sous-maitres at the Chapelle
Royale. Bernier was the son-in-law of Marin Marais. He was one of the
first French composers to cultivate the secular cantata. He published 8
vols. of Cantates françoises, the most notable being 'Les nuits de
Sceaux' (Paris, 1715). Among his sacred vocal output were many motets,
some of them were sung several times at the Concert Spirituel from 1725
onwards. He was famous as a teacher, wrote a treatise entitled Principes
de composition and numbered Louis-Claude Daquin among his pupils.
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