Mathieu Lanes
Mathieu Lanes (born 1660 ; died 1725 in Toulouse ) was a French composer , organist and harpsichordist .
life and work
Little is known about the life of Mathieu Lanes, except that he was organist and choirmaster at the Saint-Etienne cathedral in Toulouse at the beginning of the 18th century . He is known from a 134-page manuscript entitled Petites pièces d'orgue de M. Lanes ("Little Organ Pieces by M. Lanes") (1710–1722) with 90 anonymous pieces for the organ and François Couperin's harpsichord pieces ( Le Rossignol en amour , Double du Rossignol en amour , Fanfare pour la suite de Diane , La Voluptueuse ), kept in the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire municipal de Toulouse (Library of the Municipal Conservatory) of Toulouse. Certain pieces in it, such as the gavote , the rondeau , the piémontoise ( rondeau double ), and the sonata in G major , are likely intended for the harpsichord .
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A street in Toulouse was named in honor of this musician.
References and footnotes
- ↑ (Res. Mus. Cons. 943)
- ↑ cf. Petites Pièces d'Orgue de M. Lanes (Table, p. 103)
- ↑ Google map
literature
- Petites pièces d'orgue de Mathieu Lanes. Transcrites et restituées par Norbert Dufourcq , Roger Hugon, Janine Alaux and Roberte Machard. Publications de la Société française de musicologie , Tome XVIII. Paris 1970. ( excerpt )
- François Sabatier : Mathieu Lanes. In Guide de la musique d'orgue. Edited by Gilles Cantagrel . Fayard, Paris 1991, pp. 493-494.
Web links
- Bibliothèque de Toulouse Facsimile of the manuscript of the Petites pièces d'orgue de M. Lanes
- IMSLP (grades)
- Mathieu Lanes par Jacques Bétoulières à Vabres l'Abbaye (sound sample)
- france-orgue.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanes, Mathieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1660 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1725 |
| Place of death | Toulouse |