Marc antoine charpentier biography examples

Marc-Antoine Charpentier ( - February 24, ) was a French composer of the Baroque era.

He was a prolific and versatile composer, principally of sacred vocal music, and was one of the most famous contemporaries of Jean-Baptiste Lully.

Life

He was born in or near Paris. Little is known of his early life, and even the approximate date of his birth is questioned; it is known that he was a 'young man' when he studied in Rome, probably between and While in Rome he studied with Giacomo Carissimi; an old legend of his going to Rome to study painting, prior to his musical talent being discovered by Carissimi, is undocumented.

Certainly he acquired a solid knowledge of contemporary Italian practice, which he brought back to France.

Most likely he worked for the Duchess of Guise on his return to France, as her m�itre de musique&#;music master&#;and singer, until her death in During this time he composed a considerable quantity of dramatic secular voc