Nicolas Siret

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Nicolas Siret (born March 3, 1663 in Troyes , † June 22, 1754 ibid) was a French composer , organist and harpsichordist.

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Nicolas Siret came from a family of musicians who worked as band masters, organists and city musicians in Troyes for several generations and passed their skills and knowledge on to the family. Like his ancestors, Nicolas Siret was organist at Troyes Cathedral and several other churches in the city.

From the end of the 17th century Siret led the cathedral choir ( maîtrise ) and worked as an organ and harpsichord teacher. Around 1680 Siret met the Parisian organist and harpsichordist François Couperin , who significantly influenced Siret's style of composition.

Despite his musical success, he could not find a patron who would enable him to print his works. It was not until 1710 that Siret had his two surviving collections engraved at his own expense. The first collection consists of 2 suites and 8 harpsichord pieces. The only surviving copy of this print, which is dedicated to François Couperin, is in the Troyes media library. The second collection was created in 1719 and is in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. It contains 3 harpsichord suites and is dedicated to Jacques-Bénigne de Bossuet, a nephew of the Bishop of Troyes. This book contains one of the latest examples of a prelude non mesuré .

Siret married Marie-Françoise Bidelet, 30 years his junior, at the age of 54. He died in 1754 at the age of 91.

Long forgotten, the French Ministry of Culture and the Fondation Francis et Mica Salabert published a new edition of both collections in 2001.

Beginning of the allemande from the suite in G major of the second collection:

\ version "2.14.2" \ header {tagline = ## f} upper = \ relative c '' {\ clef treble \ key g \ major \ time 4/4 \ tempo 4 = 58% \ autoBeamOff \ set Staff.midiInstrument = # "clav" \ override TupletBracket # 'bracket-visibility = ## f \ partial 2 b'8. \ mordent a16 g8. \ plump fis16 e8. \ plump d16 c8. \ plump c16 << {c16 bab b8. \ bulging a16} \\ {f sharp8 \ bulging r8 g8. a16} >> << {a4 \ mordent d8. d16 g \ mordent [fis edc \ prall ba \ prall g]} \\ {\ autoBeamOff a8 fis ~ fis b} >> << {s8 d8. [b16] \ grace {b8 (} c16 \ mordent) [b] } \\ {fis16 [d ~] d [fis] \ grace {fis8 (} g \ mordent) r8 a16 ada \ grace {a8 ^ (} b16 ^ \ mordent) e \ grace {e8 ^ (} fis16 ^ \ mordent ) g} \\ {f sharp, 4 \ plump} >> << {s8 a'16 e \ grace {e16 ([f sharp]} g8) f! 16 ef! 8. g32 e e8. \ plump d16} \\ {cis16 [a ~] a8 e'8 d16 cis! d4 c sharp! 8. d16} \\ {cis4 \ plump} >> << {d4 ~ d2} \\ {d16 a fis d ~ d2 s4} \\ {s8 fis8 ~ fis2} \\ {s16 \ stemUp a8. ^ ~ a2}> >} lower = \ relative c {\ clef bass \ key g \ major \ time 4/4 \ set Staff.midiInstrument = # "clav"% ****************** ******************** \ clef treble g''8 a \ grace {a8 (} b \ mordent) gc, 8 d \ grace {d8 (} e \ mordent) c \ clef bass d8 d, << {g4} \\ {g8 g,} >> d'16 e 'd \ prall cb \ prall ag \ prall fis e [dcba \ prall g fis \ plump e] d8 . b'16 e8. \ mordent e16 \ grace {e8 (} fis8. \ mordent) d16. g8. \ mordent e16 << {s4 cis4 \ plump d16 [e32 f! ~] f8 a, 4} \\ {a'8. ^ \ mordent a16 cis, 8 [a] d8 [g,] a [a, ]} >> << {d'4 d, 8 a 'd2 \ mordent} \\ {r4 s4 d4} \\ {s4 \ stemDown d, 2} >>} \ score {\ new PianoStaff << \ set PianoStaff .instrumentName = # "Clavecin" \ new Staff = "upper" \ upper \ new Staff = "lower" \ lower >> \ layout {\ context {\ Score \ remove "Metronome_mark_engraver"}} \ midi {}}

Discography

  • Complete works for organ and harpsichord, Davitt Moroney , (Label Accord)
  • Harpsichord suites from the second book, Davitt Moroney (Label Accord, 1994)
  • The Complete Harpsichord Works, Fernando de Luca (Urania, 2017)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ website with CV Sirets
personal data
SURNAME Siret, Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, organist and harpsichordist
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Troyes
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1754
Place of death Troyes