Pierre Hugard (c.1726-c.1761) - Missa 'Redde Mihi Laetitiam' (1761)
Performers: Ensemble Accеntus; Laurence Equіlbеy (conductor)
Further info: Hugard - Missa "Redde Mihi Lætitiam"
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French composer active in Paris between 1740 and 1770. Almost nothing is
known about his life. On the title-page of his Missa ‘Laudate pueri
Dominum’ (1744) he is described as a spé in the choir of Notre Dame,
Paris, ‘spé’ being a term often used for the head boy of a choir school
kept on by the choirmaster after his voice had broken in order to study
composition; he would also act as supervisor and coach to the younger
pupils. Hugard would thus have been 18 or 19 years old in 1744. In 1761
Pierre-Robert-Christophe Ballard published the Missa 'Redde mihi
laetitiam', which he dedicated to ‘the venerable chapter of the
cathedral of Paris’. The title-page says nothing about the composer’s
function and duties at this date. Apparently he is not related with
Pierre Hugard de Saint-Guy (1720?-1789), a composer active in Paris and
Nantes and who wrote, at least, several symphonies, ouvertures and
chamber music.
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