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The "Roman" cahiers for 1671
As far as I can deduce, when Charpentier numbered his growing collection
of notebooks (perhaps as late as the mid-1680s), the notebook known as "cahier
IX" was out of order, having been placed just after cahier VIII. Note also
that cahier IX includes works exclusively for the month of December and that
he used Jesuit paper for it (as he did for cahiers VI-XI)
Date |
Work |
Performers |
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cahier VI |
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| January 1? |
H 158 Laudate Jerusalem (ps. 147)
daily vespers; little office of the Virgin; Corpus Christi;
Circumcision (Jan. 1); Conception (Dec.
8); salut |
large ensemble |
| February 8? |
H 54 Hymne du St Esprit: Veni creator Spiritus
Part of the so-called messe du St. Esprit, sung when a convent or
religious organization seeks divine guidance; and also sung at Pentecost.
(The name "Beaupuy," the allusion to "Dun" and the
indication "son prélude est en cahyer 63" date from the
1690s.) |
hc t b 2 tr |
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cahier IX |
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H 160 Nisi Dominus (ps. 126)
Wednesday vespers; little office of the Virgin; Conception (Dec. 8); Circumcision
(Jan. 1); Lent |
large ensemble |
| December 14 |
H 55-57 Pour St. Nicaise de Rouen
vespers, matins and lauds, with a text by Father
Commire, S.J. (Adapted circa 1690, when the former Guise singer, Anthoine, was at Rouen.) Through her great-uncle, the Cardinal de Joyeuse,
Mlle de Guise had a long-standing connection to Rouen, and to the
Jesuit college there. |
t b |
| December 8 |
H 313 Pour la Conception de la Vierge
Sung by confraternities of Virgin and, in Jesuit houses, for the vespers
of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8): indeed, it appears in the Officium
conceptionis BVM immaculata (Rome, 1662). |
hd bd |
| December 8? |
H 161 Lætatus sum (ps. 121)
Tuesday vespers; little office of the Virgin; Conception (Dec. 8); Circumcision
(Jan. 1). (The names of "Beaupuy" and "Dun" seem to date from the 1690s.) |
large ensemble |
| December 25 |
H 314 In nativitatem Domini canticum
"motet pour le jour de Noël." Begins with the antiphon for lauds
of Christmas day |
d hc t
2 fl, 2 vn |
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Missing at end of cahier IX:
allemande grave pour un reposoir; branles pour des violons à
4 parties; several courantes; sarabande espagnole; bourée; menuet;
passepied; prelude for the Sacrifice d'Abraham; symphony for 3 violins;
Elévation: Dilecte mi.
These missing pieces could conceivably have been written for the first months
of 1672. |
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