diumenge, 3 de març del 2024

DE MONTIGNY, Joseph Valette (1665-1738) - Surge Propera (c.1730)

German School (18th Century) - The French Royal Family departing for the hunt, at Versailles


Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1738) - Surge propera, Motet à grand choeur a 5 (c.1730)
Performers: Eva Tamisier (dessus); Coline Bouton (dessus); David Tricou (haute-contre); Charles d'Hubert (haute-contre); Pierre Perny (taille); Timothé Bougon (basse-taille); Raphaël Marbaud (basse);
Ensemble Antiphona; Rolandas Muleika (conductor)

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French composer. Related with a wealthy Perpignan family of goldsmiths, the Valettes, he was born in Béziers, where he studied as a choirboy of the Béziers cathedral. He later was appointed 'maîtrise en musique' of the cathedral there in a post he held from 1689 to 1692. Within those years he also was appointed at the same post in the Narbonne cathedral which he held until 1694. His trace was lost after 1694 until 1718, year he settled in Senlis. In 1729 he was appointed 'maîtrise en musique' of the Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux, in a post he held the rest of his life. As a composer, he was mainly active as a church musician, consequently he wrote at least 47 sacred works, among them, Grands motets, Motets à Voix seule mêlés de Symphonies (1711), Petits motets, Noëls à grand choeur and Cantiques spirituels.

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