Antoine Boësset
sieur de Antoine Boësset | |
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| Born | 1587 Blois, Royaume de France |
| Died | December 8, 1643 (aged 56) Paris |
| Occupation(s) | principal composer, superintendent of the king's music, master of the queen's music |
| Years active | 1613-1643 |
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.
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
- ↑ "Antoine Boësset". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.