Carl Rosier

Carl Rosier (also called Noël-Charles Rosier or Charles Rosiers ; born December 26, 1640 in Liège , † 1725 in Cologne ) was a Belgian-Dutch composer and violinist of the Baroque period .

Life

Carl Rosier was violinist from 1663 and from 1668 vice bandmaster at the court of Elector Maximilian Heinrich , who was also Prince-Bishop of Liège, in his Bonn residence; in this position he remained until 1675. Between 1683 and 1699 he worked in the Netherlands. In 1697 he founded a "Collegium Musicum" with the organist and composer Hendrik Anders (1657–1714) from Thuringia , his daughters Maria Petronella and Maria Anna Rosier (who later married Willem de Fesch ) and other musicians gave concerts in Amsterdam and in winter in The Hague. Most of Rosier's instrumental works were also printed in Amsterdam.

The Cologne city council appointed him cathedral music director in 1699 and also council music director in 1701. He held these positions until his death in 1725.

Carl Rosier composed motets, numerous masses in concert style, but he is best known for his instrumental music. His very differently cast sonatas and parts are based on the Italian Sonata da camera and the French overture sonata in suite form.

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• Cantiones sacrae I (1667)
• Cantiones sacrae II (1668); Both collections consist of three- and four-part motets , with instrumental and figured bass accompaniment .
• About 12 fairs
• Antwerpsche vrede vreught for 3 violins and viola without bass (Amsterdam, 1679)
• Pièces choisies à la manière italienne (12 trio sonatas) for 2 flutes or violins and B. c. (Amsterdam, 1691)
• 14 sonatas for oboe or trumpet, 2 violins, viola and figured bass (Amsterdam, 1697)
• 8 sonatas for flute and B. c. (Authorship unsecured)
• French games a 3 (Augsburg, 1710) (lost)

Web links

• Works by and about Carl Rosier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Carl Rosier in the International Music Score Library Project