Louis Bourgeois (1510 - 1560) 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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Fanfare Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-020 St. Michael . Compos...(+)
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St. Michael .
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2006. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-020. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-020).
9x12 inches.
English-German.
The
French composer Louis
Bourgeois lived from
c.1510 to 1560. Bourgeois
was cantor in Geneva and,
commissioned by John
Calvin, he composed
melodies for metrical
(rhyming) versions of the
psalms. After completing
about a hundred one-part
psalms, he made some
four-part arrangements,
which were denounced and
even resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
De melodieën
van de France componist
Louis Bourgeois (ca.
1510-1560) zijn heel
geschikt voor volkszang -
zo ook de hymne ST
Michael. Niet voor niets
is deze melodie gebruikt
voor vele liedteksten
voor uiteenlopende
gelegenheden. JohnBlanken
maakte dit arrangement
voor een trouwdienst, een
gelegenheid waarbij
vertrouwen een grote rol
speelt, vandaar de
titelHymn of
Faith . Het
arrangement herbergt vier
vrezen. Na een
majestueuze opening volgt
de hymnetwee keer,
waarbij het tweede vers
wordt omgespeeld in het
tenorregister. Na een
kort tussenspel volgt
vers drie in een zetting
voor kwartet. De opening
wordt herhaald als
modulatie naar het vierde
vers, waarmee het werk in
eenstralend tutti
afsluit. Der
Komponist, Kantor und
Pädagoge Louis
Bourgeois lebte im 16.
Jahrhundert in Genf und
komponierte Psalm- und
Kirchenliedmelodien, die
sich besonders gut für
den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith . Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.
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Hymn of Faith Fanfare - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Fanfare Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-120 St. Michael . Compos...(+)
Fanfare Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1064014-120
St. Michael .
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Score Only. Composed
2006. 16 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-120. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-120).
9x12 inches.
English-German-Dutch.
The French composer
Louis Bourgeois lived
from c.1510 to 1560.
Bourgeois was cantor in
Geneva and, commissioned
by John Calvin, he
composed melodies for
metrical (rhyming)
versions of the psalms.
After completing about a
hundred one-part psalms,
he made some four-part
arrangements, which were
denounced and even
resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
Der Komponist,
Kantor und Pädagoge
Louis Bourgeois lebte im
16. Jahrhundert in Genf
und komponierte Psalm-
und Kirchenliedmelodien,
die sich besonders gut
für den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith . Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.
$17.95 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 2 to 3 weeks
Hymn of Faith Ensemble de cuivres - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-130 St. Michael . Composed...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1064014-130
St. Michael .
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Score Only. Composed
2006. 20 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-130. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-130).
9x12 inches.
English-German-Dutch.
The French composer
Louis Bourgeois lived
from c.1510 to 1560.
Bourgeois was cantor in
Geneva and, commissioned
by John Calvin, he
composed melodies for
metrical (rhyming)
versions of the psalms.
After completing about a
hundred one-part psalms,
he made some four-part
arrangements, which were
denounced and even
resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
Der Komponist,
Kantor und Pädagoge
Louis Bourgeois lebte im
16. Jahrhundert in Genf
und komponierte Psalm-
und Kirchenliedmelodien,
die sich besonders gut
für den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith . Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.
$17.95 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 2 to 3 weeks
Hymn of Faith Ensemble de cuivres - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.DHP-1064014-030 St. Michael . Composed...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-1064014-030
St. Michael .
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
John Blanken. Musica
Sacra. Hymns & Chorals.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2006. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1064014-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1064014-030).
9x12 inches.
English-German-Dutch.
The French composer
Louis Bourgeois lived
from c.1510 to 1560.
Bourgeois was cantor in
Geneva and, commissioned
by John Calvin, he
composed melodies for
metrical (rhyming)
versions of the psalms.
After completing about a
hundred one-part psalms,
he made some four-part
arrangements, which were
denounced and even
resulted in his
imprisonment for a day.
Later, Bourgeois
published a number of
psalm collections, and
judging from his book Le
droict chemin de musique
he was also an excellent
educator. The melodies
Bourgeois composed, are
(contrary to Gregorian
chants) particularly
suitable for community
singing. This applies to
his hymn tune Saint
Michael, which is why
this melody hasbeen used
for various texts,
written for many
occasions. John Blanken
made this arrangement for
a wedding ceremony: an
occasion in which faith
and trust play a large -
if not the largest -
role. Hence the title
Hymn of Faith. The
arrangement contains four
verses of the hymn. After
a majestic opening the
hymn follows twice, the
second verse being
embellished in the tenor
register. After a short
interlude verse three
follows, played by a
quartet. The majestic
opening is then repeated
as a modulation into the
fourth verse, which
concludes the work in a
brilliant tutti.
Der Komponist,
Kantor und Pädagoge
Louis Bourgeois lebte im
16. Jahrhundert in Genf
und komponierte Psalm-
und Kirchenliedmelodien,
die sich besonders gut
für den Gemeindegesang
eigneten. Die vorliegende
Bearbeitung einer seiner
Melodien schrieb John
Blanken für eine
Hochzeitszeremonie - ein
Anlass, bei dem Glaube
und Vertrauen eine
große Rolle spielen:
Daher der Titel Hymn
of Faith . Ein
wunderbares Stück
ernste“ Musik, das
zu vielen Gelegenheiten
passt.
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New Songs of Celebration Render Chorale SATB SATB Fred Bock Music Company
By Louis Bourgeois, Erik Routley. Arranged by Gregory Norton. (SATB). H.T. Fitz...(+)
By Louis Bourgeois, Erik
Routley. Arranged by
Gregory Norton. (SATB).
H.T. Fitzsimons Co.
Sacred. 12 pages.
Published by Fred Bock
Music Company.
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All People That on Earth Do Dwell / Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow - Instrument edition GIA Publications
Guitar, violin, cello SKU: GI.G-9902INST Composed by Louis Bourgeois. Arr...(+)
Guitar, violin, cello
SKU: GI.G-9902INST
Composed by Louis
Bourgeois. Arranged by
Chris De Silva. This
edition: Instrument
edition. Tune Name: Old
Hundredth. Sacred.
Instrumental part(s). 2
pages. GIA Publications
#9902INST. Published by
GIA Publications
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