Michel Corrette (1707-1795) - Concerto des 'VI Concerti a sei strumenti, cimbalo o organo
obligati,
tre violini, flauto, alto viola e violoncello ... opera XXVI'
Performers: Francois-Henri Houbart (organ); Orchestre Bernard Thomas;
Bernard Thomas (conductor)
Further info: Les Six Concertos Pour Orgue
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French organist, teacher, and composer. Son of Gaspard Corrette
(1671-1732), he probably received music lessons from his father. Though
little is known of his early life. He was married on 8 January 1733 to
Marie-Catherine Morize. They had a daughter Marie-Anne Corrette
(1734-c.1822) and a son Pierre-Michel Corrette (1744-1801), who became
an organist. Michel Corrette first established his reputation by
becoming musical director of the Foire St Germain and the Foire St
Laurent, where he arranged and composed vaudevilles and divertissements
for the opéras comiques (1732-39). From 1737 until its closure in 1790
he was organist at Ste Marie within the temple of the grand prieur of
France, thus serving the Chevalier d’Orléans, then the Prince de Conti
(1749), and finally the Duke d’Angoulême (1776). About a year after
beginning at the temple, he became organist at the Jesuit College in the
rue St-Antoine, a position he retained until the Jesuits were expelled
in 1762. In 1734 he was styled Grand maître des Chevaliers du Pivois,
from 1750 Chevalier de l’Ordre de Christ. He was a prolific composer,
producing concertos for harpsichord, organ, flute, and hurdy-gurdy,
sonatas, organ works, and a large output of sacred music. He also
prepared 17 methods on performing practice, 6 of which are lost.
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