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The work for November 4, highlighted in purple and identified in the 18th-century "Memorandum" as having been written for Versailles, marks the beginning of Charpentier's commissions for the royal court. (In 1682 and 1683 purple becomes the dominant color in this charts.) Charpentier presumably is the haute-contre highlighted in red.
Cahier 32 |
H 403 Mors Saülis et
Jonathæ (late June?) for a large ensemble "grand motet ou dialogue, pièce pour les Jésuites en tragédie." This concludes with a text that is sung on the fifth Saturday after Pentecost, and readings from Saul are part of the liturgy for late June |
H 250 Elevatio: Ascendat a te Domine |
H 63
Ave maris stella for vespers |
Cahier 33 |
H 82
Litanies de la Vierge à 3
voix pareilles (a hc
sings) for vespers; for lauds and matins of the feasts of the Virgin; recited during meetings of confraternities of the Virgin |
H 74
Magnificat à
8 voix et 8 instruments daily vespers (Dun's name seems to date from 1681 or later) |
H 180 Exaudiat
pour le roi à 4 (November
4) for a large ensemble )"Exaudiat pour Versailles." "son prélude est au cahyer 63," which -- like the repeated "si l'on veut" -- was added in the 1690s. |