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Annibal Gantez
3+ albums
french17th century
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Annibal Gantez (24 December 1607 – 1668) was a French composer and singer from the Baroque era. He is undoubtedly one of the most striking examples of a "vicarious" chapel master, that is, moving from post to post to earn a living, as many of his 17th century colleagues did His route can be traced from two types of sources: letters from L’Entretien des musiciens, which he published in 1643, and various archival documents. Born in Marseille, Gantez was baptized at the Notre-Dame La Major Cathedral He was the son of Jean Gantez [Gantes, Gantès, Ganteze...] (whose father was a tailor and a native of Cuers) and Marie Joly [Jollie]. His parents had married in Aix-en-Provence on 19 September 1599 He was a godchild of Annibal Pollalion and Marquise Visse. As is often the case at this time, his conditions for learning music are unknown. It is when he reached the age of almost twenty that we begin to be able to follow him on his journey. He first appeared in Toulon (c. 1627-1628, after Lettre XXVIII), then was maître de chapelle at the collégiale Saint-André de Grenoble from 29 March 1628 and at least until July 7, but where he did not stay long. The chapter registers of the Rouen Cathedral reveal that he sang on 18 and 21 June 1629 at the Grand Masses. He subsequently went (after his Lettres) at Le Havre, La Châtre and Aurillac, then in Avignon where he worked simultaneously at the Saint-Pierre d'Avignon Basilica and the Notre-Dame des Doms Cathedral, again for a short period from