Dandrieu, Jean-François - "Offertoire" from "Premier livre de pieces d'Orgue" for String Quartet Quatuor à cordes |
Compositeur : | Dandrieu, Jean-François (1682 - 1738) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Quatuor à cordes1 autre version | ||||
Genre : | Romantique | ||||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 26 Mar 2024 Jean-François Dandrieu, also spelled D'Andrieu (c. 1682 - 1738) was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist. He was born in Paris into a family of artists and musicians. A gifted and precocious child, he gave his first public performances when he was 5 years old, playing the harpsichord for King Louis XIV of France, and his court. These concerts marked the beginning of Dandrieu's very successful career as harpsichordist and organist. He was a student of Jean-Baptiste Moreau. In 1700, aged 18, he started playing the organ at the Saint-Merri church in Paris (a post previously occupied by Nicolas Lebegue) and became its titular organist in 1705. At some point in 1706 he was a member of the panel of judges who examined Jean-Philippe Rameau's skills to appoint him organist of the Sainte-Madeleine en la Cite church (incidentally, a post Rameau declined). In 1721 he was appointed one of the four organists of the Chapelle royale of France. In 1733, he succeeded his uncle, the organist and priest Pierre Dandrieu (1664 - 1733) to become the organist of the (now destroyed) church of St Barthelemy in the Ile de la Cite, a post he combined with duties at Saint-Merri (also known as Saint-Mederic). He died in Paris in 1738, and was succeeded at the organ of St Barthelemy by his sister, Jeanne-Francoise. A volume of organ noels, which revised and enlarged a similar book published by his uncle, Pierre Dandrieu in 1714 (rev. in the 1720s). This was published posthumously by sister, Jeanne-Francoise, in 1759. Dandrieu also published an academic treatise on accompaniment (Principes de l'accompagnement) in 1718, which now serves as an important source of information on the musical practice of the era. Dandrieu's harpsichord writing is reminiscent of that of Francois Couperin, but with more effective use of counterpoint, which reminds the listener of German Baroque music. The strict traditional suite "A la Froberger" is abandoned in his works, many dance movements replaced with the so-called pieces de caractere, pieces with descriptive titles that were common in French music of the 18th century. Dandrieu's harpsichord oeuvre is, after those of Francois Couperin and Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, the most important in terms of sheer quantity of pieces. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Francois_Dandrieu). Although originally written for Organ. I created this Arrangement of the "Offertoire" from "Premier livre de pieces d'Orgue" for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Partition centrale : | Pièces d'orgue, Livre 1 (7 partitions) | |