Gilles Hayne

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Gilles Henri Hayne (baptized July 29, 1590 in Liège ; † May 28, 1650 there ) was a composer in the Principality of Liège (Belgium).

Life

Gilles Hayne received his training as a choirboy at the Cathedral of Liège , from 1613 he undertook further studies in Rome for probably five years. In 1618 he received the position of Kapellmeister with the then Prince-Bishop of Liège, Ferdinand von Bayern , this emerges from various title pages of his publications from the period between 1621 and 1646. From January 3, 1627, he only performed the function of Kapellmeister on an honorary basis, when he entered the Abbey of Saint Jean l'Évangeliste in Liège as a canon, where he was grand chantre in March 1635 . From July of the same year, the Prince-Bishop's brother-in-law, Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg , appointed him as superintendenthis court music. The conditions of the contract included the supply of the court music with new compositions, as well as the placement of Italian singers and instrumental musicians, including Biagio Marini .

Hayne composed primarily sacred music in the style of the Roman school of the early 17th century, which probably corresponded to the taste of the prince-bishop. Many of his works are designed for six or more voices, often with instrumental accompaniment or basso continuo. In contrast to his contemporary Léonard de Hodémont , Hayne was not an innovator, but he succeeded in integrating music in the antico style , instrumental parts and figured bass. He wrote his Missa pro defunctis on the occasion of the laying out in Liege, during the ceremonial transfer of the bones of Maria de 'Medici, who died in Cologne, to the burial place of the Bourbons in the cathedral of Saint-Denis .

The German musicologist Wilibald Nagel , who first researched the work of Hayne and analyzed the correspondence between Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm and Hayne from the period between 1637 and March 1650, published a list of works by Hayne that was considered lost as early as 1896.

Works (selection)

  • Moteta sacra, liber primus , 2 to 4 voices, instruments and bc (Antwerp, 1640)
  • Motetti overo madrigali […] fatti spirituali da un devoto padre della Compania di Gesù e dedicate alla gioventù Liegese amatrice della musica , 5 voices, Bc, op. 2 (Antwerp, 1643)
  • 4 Missae solemnes , 8 parts , op. 3 (Antwerp, 1645) (lost, mentioned by François-Joseph Fétis and Nagel)
  • Motetti sacri , 3 to 5 parts, Bc, op.4 (Antwerp, 1646)
  • 8 motets, 5 to 7 voices, Bc; 2 Alma Redemtoris Mater settings; 2 Regina caeli settings; 2 salve regina settings; an Ave Maria and an Ave regina caelorum
  • Missa pro defunctis , 6 parts, Bc, 1643

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personal data
SURNAME Hayne, Gilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayne, Gilles Henri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Composer in the Principality of Liège (Belgium)
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 29, 1590
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1650
Place of death Liege