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'''Pierre Guédron''' (also Pierre Guesdron; * around 1570 in Châteaudun; † after 1620 in Paris) was a French singer and composer. He was one of the innovators of French music in the early 17th century and one of the first creators of a dramatically orientated ballet.<ref name="Wiki"/>
'''Antoine Boësset''', Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset (1586 – 8 December 1643), ''sieur de Villedieu'', was the superintendent of music at the ''Ancien Régime'' 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 of the 17th century under Louis XIII. His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, ''sieur de Dehault'', composed church music.
==Life==
==Life==
Guédron came from a family based in Dunois. He is documented as a choirboy in the chapel of Cardinal and Archbishop of Reims Louis II of Lorraine-Guise in 1585. He performed as an alto at a puy in Évreux. After his master was executed in 1588, Guédron entered royal service. He was initially a singer in Henry III's chapel. In the course of Henry IV's cultural reorganisation, which also affected courtly music, he rose to become director of the ensemble. It was probably during this time that he married Gillette Dugué. In 1601, he succeeded Claude Le Jeune as royal chamber composer and was finally appointed valet de chambre and musical tutor in 1603. In the latter function, he looked after the children of Maria de' Medici. He passed both offices on to his son-in-law [[Antoine de Boësset]] in 1613. <p>
Born at Blois and baptised there on 24 February 1587, he was made master of the children within the musical household of the ''Chambre du Roi'' in 1613. He rose to be the queen's music master in 1617 and secretary to the ''Chambre du Roi'' in 1620, and finally ''surintendant'' of the musical household of the ''Chambre du Roi'' in 1623 – in the last of these roles he succeeded Guédron (''surintendant'' under Henry IV and Louis XIII), whose daughter he married in 1613. In 1632 he was conseiller and maître d'hôtel ordinaire du roi. He then held all these posts simultaneously until his death.<ü>
 
At the court he got to know Descartes, Mersenne and Huygens. Around 1640 Mersenne arranged a contest between Boësset and the Dutch Catholic priest Joan Albert Ban to set Germain Habert's poem "''Me veux-tu voir mourir''", but altered the poem's first line and thus its sense in the copy sent to Boësset – this influenced the setting and allowed Boësset to easily win the competition (Mersenne had already criticised Ban's work as boring and trivial). Boësset was also one of the forerunners of the basso continuo in France. He died in Paris. <ref name="Wiki"/>
<p>Guédron ended his life with a considerable fortune, which he had acquired in royal service, on his estate in the Dunois. Pierre Guédron was held in high esteem by his contemporaries. Madeleine de Scudéry set a literary monument to his reputation as a singing teacher in her precious novel Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus (1649-53) as Crysile. The theorist Marin Mersenne praised Guédron as a composer in his Harmonie universelle (1636).<ref name="Wiki"/>


== Antoine Boësset in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history ==
== Antoine Boësset in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history ==

Revision as of 17:42, 9 November 2024

sieur de
Antoine Boësset
Born1587
Blois, Royaume de France
DiedDecember 8, 1643(1643-12-08) (aged 56)
Paris
Occupation(s)principal composer, superintendent of the king's music, master of the queen's music
Years active1613-1643

Antoine Boësset, Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset (1586 – 8 December 1643), sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime 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 of the 17th century under Louis XIII. His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, sieur de Dehault, composed church music.

Life

Born at Blois and baptised there on 24 February 1587, he was made master of the children within the musical household of the Chambre du Roi in 1613. He rose to be the queen's music master in 1617 and secretary to the Chambre du Roi in 1620, and finally surintendant of the musical household of the Chambre du Roi in 1623 – in the last of these roles he succeeded Guédron (surintendant under Henry IV and Louis XIII), whose daughter he married in 1613. In 1632 he was conseiller and maître d'hôtel ordinaire du roi. He then held all these posts simultaneously until his death.<ü> At the court he got to know Descartes, Mersenne and Huygens. Around 1640 Mersenne arranged a contest between Boësset and the Dutch Catholic priest Joan Albert Ban to set Germain Habert's poem "Me veux-tu voir mourir", but altered the poem's first line and thus its sense in the copy sent to Boësset – this influenced the setting and allowed Boësset to easily win the competition (Mersenne had already criticised Ban's work as boring and trivial). Boësset was also one of the forerunners of the basso continuo in France. He died in Paris. [1]

Antoine Boësset in Philippe Jaroussky's discography, filmography and performance history

Studio albums

Year Work Studio album With
2023 "À la fin de cette bergère" Passacalle de la Follie (Album)
2023 "Nos esprits libres et contents" Passacalle de la Follie (Album)

On video

Concert programs

See the respective program page for a list of possible recordings.

Complete list of musical pieces by Antoine Boësset

This listing only reflects the musical pieces performed by Philippe Jaroussky.

Year published or performed Title Lyricist Work/Album Album, video or concert Program Year first published/performed
2023 "À la fin de cette bergère" Anonymous Passacalle de la Follie (Album) (?)
2023 "Nos esprits libres et contents" Anonymous Passacalle de la Follie (Album) (?)

References

  1. ↑ "Antoine Boësset". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.