Coelestin Harst (1698-1776)
- Suite (Fa majeur) de pièces pour le clavecin ... Ier livre (1745)
Performers: Marc Schаеffеr (harpsichord)
Further info: Concert at the Chateau of the Rohans in Strasbourg
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Alsatian priest and composer. After preliminary studies in Sélestat he
entered the Benedictine convent of Ebersmünster, where he became master
of the novices, teacher, and in 1745 prior, at the same time acquiring
sufficient reputation as a harpsichordist to play before Louis XV during
the king's visit to Strasbourg in 1744. His knowledge of the organ led
to invitations to examine new instruments. As a superior he insisted
upon strict adherence to the rule of his order, but he could also be
amusing and entertaining. At his death he was provost of the convent of
St Marx near Gerberschweier. Harst's only known work is his 'Recueil de
différentes pièces de clavecin' (1745). He was one of the very few
composers to use François Couperin's term ordre for a group of pieces in
the same key, and his style is an amalgam of Couperin, Jean-Philippe
Rameau and Jean-François Dandrieu.
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