Annibal Gantez

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Annibal Gantez (* 1600 in Marseille , † 1668 in Auxerre ) was a French composer of the early Baroque.

Life

Annibal Gantez was a traveling bandmaster, like many of his colleagues in the early 17th century. He was active as a priest of the diocese of Marseille at the choir schools (maîtrise) of numerous cathedrals and monasteries throughout France. Gantez was best known to posterity through the collection of letters "L'Entretien des Musiciens" published in 1643, which he dedicated to the Bishop of Auxerre, Pierre de Broc . In it he underlined his travel activities with the statement: " A musician will never be particularly respected if he has not traveled a little " ("Jamais, un musicien ne fut estimé, s'il n'a un peu voyagé").

During his career, Gantez occupied a total of about 20 posts. He worked for a short time in Marseille , Aigues-Mortes , Aix-en-Provence (1638–1640), Arles , Grenoble (1628–1629), Paris (1629), at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Le Havre (1629 ), Saint-Pierre d'Avignon (1631–1632), Cathedral of Rouen (1636–1638), Toulon , Valence , Carcassonne or Nevers . The position of Kapellmeister in Nancy (from 1665), at the court of Duke Charles IV of Lorraine, was one of his last employments.

Famous works

  • Missa Vigilate à 6 voix (Ballard, Paris 1642) and the Missa Laetamini
  • Te Deum , Arras 1661 (lost)
  • Airs de cour
  • Chansons à boire

literature

  • Gantez Annibal: L'Entretien des musiciens , Auxerre 1643, reprint: Geneva 1971.
  • Jean-Paul C. Montagnier : The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2017.

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