Louis-Antoine Dornel
Louis-Antoine Dornel (* around 1685 in Paris ; † 1765 there ) was a French organist and composer .
Life
Little is known about Louis-Antoine Dornel's musical training. The organist Chauvet, to whom he dedicated the “Sonates en trio…” in 1713, was one of his teachers .
From 1706 he worked as an organist in his hometown, first at the Sainte-Madeleine-en-la-Cité and from 1719 at the Sainte-Geneviève Abbey . There he was deputy organist André Raison from 1716 . In 1725 he was appointed music master of the Académie française . He held this office until 1742.
Only a few of the large number of his compositions have survived today. His motets and cantatas - compositions commissioned by the Académie Française - have not survived. A number of works of various instrumentation have survived, including serious and cheerful songs, dance pieces for harpsichord in Couperin's style , sonatas for violin and transverse flute , trio sonatas , airs and compositions for organ.
Dornel also dealt with pedagogical questions of music, which his work "Le tour du clavier ..." proves.
Works (selection)
- Livre des Symphonies en trio por les flûtes, violons, hautbois, avec une sonate en quatour. Paris 1709
- Pastorale en musique à deux voix et un dessus. (Air) 1709
- Sonates à violon seul et suites pour la flûte traversière avec la basse, opus 2. Paris 1711
- Sonates en trio pour les flûtes allemandes violon, hautbois, opus 3. 1713
- Les caractères de la Musique. (Cantata) 1721
- Le tombeau de Clorinde. (Cantata) 1723
- Pieces de Clavecin. Paris 1731
- Livre de pièces de symphonies. 1738
- Le tour du clavier sur tous les tons majeurs et mineurs pour conduire plus facilement les étudiants à connaître les tons les plus difficiles. Paris 1745
- Un livre de pièces d'orgue. 1756
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by (Louis-) Antoine Dornel in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dornel, Louis-Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dornel, Louis Antoine; Dornel, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1685 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1765 |
| Place of death | Paris |