Étienne Moulinié

about

Étienne Moulinié (10 October 1599 – 1676) was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral. Through the influence of his brother Antoine (died 1655), Moulinié gained an appointment at court, as the director of music for Gaston d'Orléans, the younger brother of the king. For this post he wrote sacred and secular music, for voice or voices and lute or continuo. He also wrote music to accompany the ballet or other dances. He taught Gaston's daughter, Mlle de Montpensier. Moulinié worked for Gaston until his death in 1660, at which point Moulinié was forced to find new employment. For this he returned to his birthplace of Languedoc. Moulinié wrote in the genres of airs de cour and airs à boire. His airs de cour are strophic and syllabic, but generally freer than others in the genre. His works were printed in a number of different forms (for voices alone, voice with continuo), and many were changed into sacred texts for use in church. His work may have been influenced by music of other countries, including the dance music of Spain and Italy. His songs, and their new texts, became very well traveled, going into German and Dutch, one being published far away by Heinrich Albert (Königsberg, 1648). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Moulinié: l'Humaine Comédie

▥

Airs de cour

L'Humaine Comédie

▥

Un camino de Santiago

▥

Passacalle de la Follie - Moulinié: Non speri pietà

▥

Passacalle de la Follie

▥

Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince

▥

Etienne Moulinié: Meslanges pour la Chapelle d'un Prince

▥

Pajarillos Fugitivos

▥

Dolcissimo sospiro

▥

MOULINIE: Airs with Lute Tablature (First Book, 1624)

▥

Les Plaisirs du Louvre, Airs pour la Chambre de Louis XIII

similar artists