Pierre Menault (c.1642-1694)
- Magnificat Anima Mea
des 'Vespres à deux chœurs, avec symphonies' (1693)
Performers: Arsys; La Fenice; Jean Tubéry (conductor)
Further info: Vepres pour le Pere la Chaize
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French composer. He attended the choir school of the collegiate church of Notre Dame, Beaune, from 1650 to 1660 and was taught by Jacques Huyn, the 'maître de chapelle', and Claude Chardenet, the organist. He was appointed 'maître de musique' at Châlons-sur-Marne Cathedral, and he then occupied the same post in the collegiate church of his native city from 1671 to 1676. He was back in Châlons-sur-Marne from 1676 to 1687. In 1683 he took part in the competition for the appointment of 'sous-maîtres' to the royal chapel at Versailles, but he did not get past the first round. He ended his career in Dijon, where he became choirmaster of the large collegiate church of St Etienne. The works by Menault which have come down to us were published by Christophe Ballard between 1676 and 1693. The five Masses are in the old Franco-Flemish style and, like many others of the period, use the same head-motif at the beginning of several sections. The 'Vespres à deux chœurs, avec symphonies' (1693) is ambitious in both its dimensions (five psalms, antiphons and motets) and its scoring (for few voices, strings, organ and continuo).
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