Jean-Baptiste Boësset
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Jean-Baptiste Boësset was a French composer of sacred and secular music, whose notable works include an Ave Regina and several airs de cour
. He was the eldest son of the court composer Antoine Boësset
.
, five motet
s and some psaumes
.
Three masses
previously ascribed to his father
are now widely ascribed to him, whilst he also worked with Jean Baptiste Lully on ballets de cour from 1653
to 1666
.
Air de cour
The Air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the very late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650...
. He was the eldest son of the court composer Antoine Boësset
Antoine Boësset
Antoine Boësset,Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset , sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Regime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half...
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Works
His most known works are an Ave Regina Caelorum version, several airs de courAir de cour
The Air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the very late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650...
, five motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s and some psaumes
Psalms
The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
.
Three masses
Mass (music)
The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
previously ascribed to his father
Antoine Boësset
Antoine Boësset,Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset , sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Regime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half...
are now widely ascribed to him, whilst he also worked with Jean Baptiste Lully on ballets de cour from 1653
1653 in music
- Events :*Madeleine de Scudéry and her friend, the lutenist Mlle Bocquet, launch a salon.- Publications :*Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume three, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna- Classical music :...
to 1666
1666 in music
-Events:*The Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna is founded.*Louis Grabu becomes Master of the King's Musick, under King Charles II of England.*Jean-Baptiste Boësset and Jean-Baptiste Lully end their musical collaboration, which had lasted since 1653....
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External links
- Jean-Baptiste Boesset on E-classical
- Julie Anne Sadie, Christopher Hogwood, Companion to Baroque Music