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"French" cahiers for 1684 

With 1684, the "Great Guise Music" performs for the first time; and the mourning of 1683 yields to a whole little corpus of works for the Virgin, to be performed by Mlle de Guise's grand new ensemble.

 

Date

Work

Performers

cahier 40

  H 192 Omnes gentes plaudite (ps. 46)
Tuesday matins; Epiphany (Jan. 6), Ascension, Trinity
hd d b 2 tr
May? H 293 Domine salvum fac regem hd d b 2 tr
June 1? Corpus Christi H 254 O pretiosum et admirabile convivium 2d
 

cahier 41

 
H 333 Pro omnibus festis BVM
"Grand motet pour toutes sortes de fêtes dans l'année avec symphonie." (The allusions to transposition appear to date from the 1690s.) Was this written for the newly created Great Guise Music?
Great Guise Music?
  H 75 Magnificat à 3 dessus
for vespers and saluts. For Mlles Brion, Thorin and Grandmaison, Guise musicians.
hd d bd
Early September? H 255 O pretiosum et admirandum convivium
For the annual expiatory service at Saint-Jean-en-Grève, founded by Mlle de Guise's mother to honor the Holy Sacrement?
hd d b instr.
H 83 Litanies de la Vierge à 6 voix et 2 dessus de violles
for vespers; little office of the Virgin; lauds on feasts of the Virgin
Great Guise Music

cahier 42

 
November 22 H 413 Caecilia virgo et martyr
"Grand motet avec symphonie"
Great Guise Music
December 25 H 414 In nativitatem DNJC canticum
"Grand motet avec symphonie"
Great Guise Music