Louis Bourgeois (1510 - 1560)
France

France
Loys "Louis" Bourgeois (c. 1510 to 1560) was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century. One of the most famous melodies in all of Christendom, the Protestant doxology known as the Old 100th, is commonly attributed to him.

Life
Next to nothing is known about his early life. His first publication, some secular chansons, dates from 1539 in Lyon. By 1545 he had gone to Geneva (according to civic records) and become a music teacher there. In 1547 he was granted citizenship in Geneva, and in that same year he also published his first four-voice psalms.

In 1549 and 1550 he worked on a collections of psalm-tunes, most of which were translated by Clement Marot and Théodore de Bèze. The extent to which he was composer, arranger or compiler was not certain, until a long-lost copy of the Genevan Psalter of 1551 came to the library of the Rutgers University. In an Avertissement (note) to the reader Bourgeois specifies exactly what his predecessors had done, what he had changed and which were his own contributions. He is one of the three main composers of the hymn tunes to the Genevan Psalter.

Unfortunately, he fell foul of local musical authorities and was sent to prison on December 3, 1551 for changing the tunes for some well-known psalms 'without a license.' He was released on the personal intervention of John Calvin, but the controversy continued: those who had already learned the tunes had no desire to learn new versions, and the town council ordered the burning of Bourgeois's instructions to the singers, claiming they were confusing. Shortly after this incident, Bourgeois left Geneva never to return: he settled in Lyon, his Geneva employment was terminated, and his wife tardily followed him to Lyon.

While in Lyon, Bourgeois wrote a fierce piece of invective against the publishers of Geneva. By 1560 he had moved to Paris. Curiously, his daughter was baptized as a Catholic, and also in 1560 a Parisian publisher produced a volume of secular chansons by the composer?a form he had condemned as 'dissolute' during his Geneva years. This was his last publication during his lifetime.

No records of his life survive after 1560. Even though, most hymnals print his date of death as 1561.

Music and influence
Louis Bourgeois is the one most responsible for the tunes in the Genevan Psalter, the source for the hymns of both the Reformed Church in England and the Pilgrims in America. In the original versions by Bourgeois, the music is monophonic, in accordance with the dictates of John Calvin, who disapproved not only of counterpoint but of any multiple parts; Bourgeois though did also provide four-part harmonizations, but they were reserved for singing and playing at home. Many of the four-part settings are syllabic and chordal, a style which has survived in many Protestant church services to the present day.

Of the tunes in the Genevan Psalter, some are reminiscent of secular chansons, others are directly borrowed from the Strasbourg Psalter; The remainder were composed by successively Guillaume Franc, Louis Bourgeois and Pierre Davantès. By far the most famous of Bourgeois' compositions is the tune known as the Old 100th.
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Bourgeois, Louis
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Hymnes et Cantiques N°183
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Hymnes et Cantiques N°200
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Détails Détails	French Noëls for Organ Orgue Dover Publications Organ solo SKU: AP.6-296962 Composed by Jean-Francois Dandrieu and Louis-...(+) Organ solo SKU: AP.6-296962 Composed by Jean-Francois Dandrieu and Louis-Claude Daquin. Masterworks; Organ - Method or Collection. Dover Edition. French and Classical. Book. 96 pages. Dover Publications #06-296962. Published by Dover Publications (AP.6-296962). ISBN 9780486296968. UPC: 9780486296968. 9x12 inches. English. These 40 beautiful French pieces by Daquin, Dandrieu and Balbastre are sure to charm organ-loving audiences everywhere. $15.95 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 1 to 2 weeks Articles Similaires

Détails Détails	The Church Organist's Golden Treasury Orgue Theodore Presser Co. Chamber Music organ SKU: PR.433400210 An Anthology Of Choral Preludes<...(+) Chamber Music organ SKU: PR.433400210 An Anthology Of Choral Preludes. Composed by A. Armsdorf, Dietrich Buxtehude, F. Zachau, Friedrich Marpurg, Georg Boehm, Heinrich Bach, Johann Bernhardt Bach, Johann Hanff, Johann Kittel, Johann Krebs, Johann Oley, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Walther, Louis Bourgeois, Theobald Boehm, and etc. Edited by Carl Pfatteicher Archibald Davison. Arranged by Anonymous, Johann Jeep, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Michael Praetorius. Solo part. 184 pages. Theodore Presser Company #433-40021. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.433400210). ISBN 9781491134221. UPC: 680160094271. Text: Johann Walther; Martin Luther; Michael Frank; Seth Calvisius. Wolfgang Dachstein, Michael Frank, Martin Luther, Sethus Calvisius, Johann Walther. $45.00 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 1 to 2 weeks Articles Similaires

Détails Détails	Fantasia on "All People That on Earth Do Dwell", op. 109 Orgue - Intermédiaire Barenreiter Organ - Level 3 SKU: BA.BA11264 Composed by Margaretha Christina de Jong....(+) Organ - Level 3 SKU: BA.BA11264 Composed by Margaretha Christina de Jong. Stapled. Performance score. Opus 109. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11264_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11264). ISBN 9790006569724. 30 x 23 cm inches. Preface: Clement, Albert. This fantasia for organ was composed in 2019. The composition is based on a melody attributed to the French composer Louis Bourgeois (approx. 1510–1560) which is one of the most well-known melodies in the Christian musical tradition. It has also been sung to various other texts, such as Lutheran chorales. In Bach’s work, the melody appears in the cantata “Lord God, we praise Thee all of us” BWV 130. The composer has retained the style of French Romanticism. The character of the work corresponds to the content of the text and culminates in a festive finale. This music is suitable for many church music occasions. $28.95 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 1 to 2 weeks Articles Similaires

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