Sébastien de Brossard
Sébastien de Brossard (born September 12, 1655 in Dompierre (Orne) , † August 10, 1730 in Meaux ) was a French composer , music teacher, collector and music writer.
Life
De Brossard worked from 1687 as chaplain and from 1689 as Kapellmeister at the Strasbourg Cathedral . He was able to take over a collection of compositions from the 17th century from the heirs of the clergyman Franz Rost (before 1640–1688), which make up an important part of the collection and which became known as the “Codex Rost”. Similar to the Dübensammlung , this collection contains the only surviving copies of works by German and Italian composers.
Brossard moved to Paris, but was disappointed not to get a post at the Sainte-Chapelle , the place where those frequented who he considered to be the greatest musicians in France and to whom he owed most. So he retired to Meaux, where he was Pierre Tabart's successor , music director at the cathedral between 1698 and 1709. He bequeathed his library in 1724 in exchange for a pension to Ludwig XV. Today it forms the basic stock of the Fonds de musique ancienne of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
Works
Brossard composed numerous motets (grands motets and petits motets), cantatas, oratorios, funeral music, arias (airs). His instrumental compositions include violin sonatas, trio sonatas and orchestral works. As a writer, he created a volume each with French and Italian poetry, and he also wrote liturgical texts.
- A music lexicon Dictionnaire de musique (1703, 6 editions; reprint: Frits Knuf / Hilversum 1965) digitized
literature
- Jean Duron: L'Œuvre de Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730), catalog thématique. Ed. du Center de Musique Baroque de Versailles [u. a.], [Paris] 1996, ISBN 2-252-03039-9
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Sébastien de Brossard in the International Music Score Library Project
- CV and list of works on musicologie.org (in French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://editions.cmbv.fr/pdf/livres/CMBV-A1-1.pdf Publisher of the Center musique baroque de Versailles
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brossard, Sébastien de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, author and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1655 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dompierre (Orne) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1730 |
| Place of death | Meaux |