Carolus Hacquart

Illustration of a viol player on Hacquart's sheet music

Carolus Hacquart or Carel Hacquart (* around 1640 in Bruges , † around 1701 ) was a Flemish composer .

Life

Carolus Hacquart and his brother Philippus received musical training as a choirboy at the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent . Around 1670, both brothers moved from the southern Spanish Netherlands to Amsterdam for religious reasons , where Carolus settled as a freelance artist. Around 1679 he moved his sphere of activity to The Hague , where he lived from music lessons and concerts, which he organized together with Constantijn Huygens . In a letter of recommendation, Huygens recommended that the reigning Prince Moritz of Orange , the “ Sieur Hacquart,” ce grand maistre de musique , provide a hall in the royal palace for concerts.

Hacquart's students were mostly wealthy patricians and high-ranking officials. In 1686 Hacquart dedicated a volume with twelve suites to two of these students. The works were laid out in such a way that they could be played with one or two viols , as well as with or without bass accompaniment. After 1686 his tracks are lost, there are assumptions that he was in the wake of Wilhelm III. had moved to England.

Works

• Cantiones sacrae , motets from 1674,
• Harmonia parnassia sonatarum op.2 , a collection of trio sonatas and quartet sonatas from 1686 OCLC 58976523
• Chelys op. 3, 12 suites for viola da gamba and basso continuo, The Hague, 1686 OCLC 881477580
• De Triomfeerende Min , A shepherd's play composed in 1678 on the occasion of the Peace of Nijmegen

literature

• Pieter Andriessen : Carel Hacquart (1640–1701). A biographical bijdrage het work . Paleis der Academiën, Brussels 1974 (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten ; Vol. 36)

Discography

• Carolus Hacquart, Chelys - Guido Balestracci ea, CD Symphonía (2004)
• Carolus Hacquart, Cantiones & Sonate , Ensemble Clématis, avec la soprano Céline Scheen , CD Musica Ficta (2006)
• Carolus Hacquart, Le maistre de musique , Ricercar Consort, CD Flora 0705 (2007)
• Carolus Hacquart, The Triumph of love , Camerata Trajectina, CD Globe (2011)