Laurent Belissen (1693-1762)
- Laudate Pueri | Motet a grand choeur et Simp. e | Par M.r.
Belissen. | Maitre de Musique du Concert de Marseille | & de
L'abbaye de Saint Victor de la Meme Ville
Performers: Les Festes D'Orphée; Guy Laurent (conductor)
Further info: Grands Motets en Provence
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French composer. His home was near the Cathedral of St Sauveur in Aix;
although there is no evidence that he was admitted to the choir school,
he was probably one of the last composers to study with Guillaume
Poitevin, maître de musique there. By 1722 Belissen was in Marseilles,
where he made his career. He followed Blanchard as maître de musique at
the Abbey of St Victor, and held this position for the rest of his life,
also directing the Académie de Concerts in Marseilles. Many of
Belissen's works are lost or in uncatalogued collections. The extant
works, principally grands motets, reveal a style markedly different from
the Versailles motets of Lalande, Campra and Mondonville. Belissen
preferred a four-voice texture to the five-voice one popular with the
Versailles composers. His choral style combines French and Italian
characteristics: his choral fugues are highly developed and repeat the
text continuously in the Italian manner. His orchestral treatment in the
motets also reflects Italian practices, with the use of ritornello
passages as an important articulatory device.
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