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Italian composer (1640-1713)
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Lorenzani Motets Niquet
Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713)MotetsLitanies à la ViergeDialogue entre Jésus et l'AmeLe Concert SpirituelHervé NiquetNaxos 8.553648 A favorite of Louis XIV and rival to Lully.(flacs & scans)DownloadIt took a brave composer to challenge the total supremacy of Lully at the Versailles court of Louis XIV. Among the more notable of those who attempted and failed is the Roman composer Paolo Lorenzani, who was brought to Paris in 1678 by the Duc de Vivonne, marshal of France. Lorenzani remained in France for 16 years before returning home to succeed Francesco Baretta as maestro di cappella of the Capella Guilia in the Vatican, the same chapel in which he had received his training under Orazio Benevolo (to whose music Niquet devoted a earlier disc) nearly 50 years before. The first years in Paris augured well. One of Lorenzani's motets gained the approval of Louis, who appointed him surintendant of music to Queen Marie-Thérèse. But despite […]
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