Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (c. 1643 - 1704), composer. Born in Paris, he went to Rome to study painting, but became the pupil of Giacomo Carissimi on hearing his music. He later worked with Molière after Molière's falling out with Jean-Baptiste Lully. His compositions include oratorios, masseses and operas. Charpentier's compositions were catalogued by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock. They are often referred to by H (for Hitchcock) number. The prelude to his Te Deum, H. 146, a rondeau, is very well-known as the signature tune for the European Broadcasting Union, heard in the opening credits of the Vienna New Year's Concert and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Table of contents

1 Charpentier's works 1.1 Operas 1.2 Biblical tragedies 1.3 Pastorales 1.4 Pastoraletta 1.5 Tragedies 1.6 Comedies 1.7 Comédies-Ballet 1.8 Ballets 1.9 Divertissements 1.10 Musical Idylls 1.11 Interludes (Intermèdes) 1.12 Sonatas

Charpentier's works

Operas

\n*Les Amours d'Acis et Galatée (1678)\n*La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1686-1687)\n*Le Jugement de Pâris (1690)\n*Philomele (1690)\n*Médée (1693)

Biblical tragedies

\n*David & Jonathas (1684) \n*Celse (1687)

Pastorales

\n*Actéon (1684)\n*La Couronne de Fleurs (1685)\n*La Fête de Ruel (1685)\n*Il faut rire et chanter: Dispute de Bergers (1685)\n*Le Retour de Printemps\n*Cupido Perfido Dentr'al Mio Cor \n*Petite Pastorale Eglogue de Bergers

Pastoraletta

\n*Amor Vince Ogni Cosa

Tragedies

\n*Circé (1675)\n*Andromède (1682)

Comedies

\n*La Comtesee de'Escarbagnas (1672)\n*Le Médecin malgré lui (1672)\n*La Fâcheux (1672)\n*L'Inconnu (1675)\n*Les Amours de Vénus et Adonis (1685)

Comédies-Ballet

\n*Le Mariage Forcé (1672)\n*Le Malade Imaginaire (1672)\n*Le Sicilien (1679)

Ballets

\n*Polyeucte (1679)

Divertissements

\n*Les Plaisirs de Versailles (1682)\n*Idylle sur le Retour de la Sante du Roi (1687)

Musical Idylls

\n*Les Arts Florissants

Interludes (Intermèdes)

\n*Le Triomphe des Dames (1676)\n*La Pierre Philosophale (1681)\n*Endymion (1681)\n*Dialogues d'Angélique et de Médor (1685)

Sonatas

\n*Sonates à huit' Charpentier, Marc-Antoine