The
Ranums'
Panat Times
Volume 1, redone Dec. 2014
"French" cahiers for 1673
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With 1673, one begins to watch the Guise princesses come out of their deep mourning. One also begins to see a separation between two distinct protectresses. That is to say, although Mme de Guise prepares to leave the Hotel de Guise, she turns to Charpentier for specific events worthy of a royal princess, and that often are mentioned in the press.(Her reposoir for Corpus Christi, June 8, is however mentioned in the press, but nothing is said about music.) The bulk of Charpentier's compositions, by contrast, appear to be for Mlle de Guise, whose name rarely is mentioned in the press and whose devotions, from 1670 on, have been characterized by devotion to her patron saint, the Virgin. Their Highnesses clearly were feeling their way during 1673, not only about their private chapels, but about the social and cultural roles they would henceforth play at court or in the capital. It would, however, be unwise to divide Charpentier's works categorically in this way: because Mme de Guise frequently withdrew to Montmartre — where she and Mlle de Guise may well have been on Friday, March 31, when Guise chambermaids sang for tenebrae.
With cahier 6, we find the two singing chambermaids and instrumentalists; then, with cahier 5 (yes, the contents of these cahiers are slightly out of order!) a bas dessus joins them.
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157 Miserere H 95 Recordare (March 31, Friday) matins of Holy Saturday, sung on Friday. For "Melle Magdelon" and "Melle Margot." (The allusion to two flutes was added later, but the reference to flutes on fol. 56 seems to date from 1673.) |
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cahier 5, continued |
| H 18 Salve Regina
(Lent) complins of Virgin or daily matins, from Feb. 4 to Holy Saturday. (This was revised for men's voices in the 1690s, and the allusion to an organ was added.) |
| H 19 Ave Regina cœlorum (Lent) complins of Virgin or daily lauds, from Feb. 4 to Holy Saturday. For "Melle B" and "Melle T." |
| H 235 O sacrum convivium
à 3 dessus (June 1
or June 8) vespers and complins of octave of Corpus Christi |
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cahier 7 |
| H 508 Pour un
reposoir (June
8) "ouverture, grande symphonie pour le reposoir" |