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Jean-Joseph Mouret
12+ albums
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Jean-Joseph Mouret (April 11, 1682, Avignon - December 22, 1738, Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are no longer performed, Mouret's name survives today thanks to the popularity of the Fanfare-Rondeau from his first Suite de Symphonies, which has been adopted as the signature tune of the PBS program Masterpiece Theatre. Mouret's father was a prosperous silk merchant of Avignon, an amateur violinist who recognized his son's precocious musical abilities and provided him with a fine education. The elder Mouret generously supported his son's decision to pursue a musical career. As a youth, Mouret proved himself a talented singer while also earning success for his compositions. Around the age of twenty-five, Mouret settled in Paris. News of his arrival did not take long to spread and he was introduced to Anne, Duchess of Maine, whose salon at Sceaux was a center of courtly society in the declining years of Louis XIV. His genial character strongly assisted him in securing the patronage of the Duchess, who made him her Surintendant de la musique at Sceaux about 1708. At Sceaux he produced operas and was in charge of the sixteen bi-weekly Grandes Nuits in the season of 1714–1715, for which he produced intermèdes and allegorical cantatas in the court masque tradition, and other music, in the company of the most favoured musicians, for the most select audie
top songs
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Rondeau (Hot to Trot)
3,0072Rondeau
1,7083Rondeau from "Suites de Symphonies, Première Suite, Fanfares"
8664Rondeau et Fanfares (Suite de Symphonies): I. Rondeau
8545Sinfonies de Fanfare in D major: 1. Rondeau
7276Suite de Symphonies: I. Rondeau
6437Sinfonies de Fanfare in D Major: I. Rondeau-Fanfare
4448Premiere Suite De Symphonies: Rondeau
4139Rondeau et Fanfares (Suite de Symphonies): IV. Fanfares
40310Suite de symphonies No. 1 in D Major: I. Rondeau (Arr. N. Balm for Trumpet, Organ & Trumpet Ensemble)
397albums
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A Masterpiece Collection
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Top 100 Classical Music
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Cinema Classics, Vol. 3
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The Classic Christmas Album
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A Guide to Classical Music: The Trumpet
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The Essential Wynton Marsalis
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The Canadian Brass - Greatest Hits
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Brass Music - Mouret, J. / Bach, J.S. / Handel, G. / Vivaldi, A. / Calvert, M. / Scearce, J. / Bozza, E. (Virtuoso Brass)
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Study Smart: 30 Classical Hits to Keep You Focused
Great Baroque Favorites: Pachelbel's Canon
Classical 1 Hit Wonders
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The 99 Most Essential Baroque Masterpieces