Jean-Baptiste Moreau
Jean-Baptiste Moreau (ʒɑ̃ batist mɔʁo; c.1656 – 24 August 1733) was a French composer of the baroque period. He served as the master of music at the court of Louis XIV. His compositional output includes several motets and music for the theatre.
Jean-Baptiste Moreau
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- Jean-Baptiste Moreau was born in 1656. · Charente.
- Died
- Jean-Baptiste Moreau died on 24 August 1733. · Paris.
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- France.
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- composer.
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- Baroque music.
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- French.
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Jean-Baptiste Moreau (ʒɑ̃ batist mɔʁo; c.1656 – 24 August 1733) was a French composer of the baroque period. He served as the master of music at the court of Louis XIV. His compositional output includes several motets and music for the theatre.
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Born in Angers, Province of Anjou, Moreau was a choirboy at the Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, and it was there that he received his musical education. He worked in Langres and Dijon for short periods, before moving to Paris to become a court musician. He eventually was appointed master of music at the court and was awarded a pension from the king upon his retirement. Moreau contributed original music to the premieres of the final two plays of Racine, Esther and Athalie. Moreau also composed musical interludes for Duche's Jonathas, Boyer's Jephte, Absalon, Debora and various divertissements. He was also active as a teacher and counts among his pupils Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. He died in Paris.
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Jean-Baptiste Moreau was born on 1 January 1656.
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Jean-Baptiste Moreau died on 24 August 1733.
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- 1.Publiés en 1695, Cantiques chantez devant le Roy et composez par Monsieur Moreau, maistre de musique & pensionnaire de S. M., propres pour les Dames religieuses & toutes autres personnes. (Denise Launay, La musique religieuse en France du Concile de Trente à 1804, p.456-457, Société française de musicologie, Paris 1993)
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