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Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
12+ albums
baroquefrenchClassicaloperachamber music
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Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (4 December 1667 – 22 September 1737) was a French composer of the baroque period. He was born Michel Pignolet in Andelot, Haute-Marne, France, and only later added "Montéclair" (the name of a fortress in his home town) to his name. Little is known of his life, and there are no known portraits. He was the son of a weaver; his entrance into the choir school at the age of nine may have been the only chance of escaping the poverty of a weaver's life. In 1687, he went to Paris and joined the orchestra of the Opera, where he played the basse de violon. In Paris he studied with Jean-Baptiste Moreau. At some point between 1687 and the early years of the new century, he seems to have been maître de musique to the Prince de Vaudémont and to have followed him to Italy. It was probably from there that he brought the idea to add the double bass to the opera orchestra. All the time Montéclair must have worked as a music teacher of high regard: among his pupils were the daughters of his colleague François Couperin. His approach to teaching was fresh and almost modern. He published books on teaching music (e.g. 1709), and around 1730 he published "Recueil de brunettes", which contains vocal music adapted for flute. The collection was expressly intended as a pedagogical tool to teach French style, and for this reason the music is underlaid with the text. He opened a music shop in 1721, retired from teaching in 1735, and gave up his position in the opera orche
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Flute Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: I. Prelude - Lentement
3932Jephté, Prologue: Ouverture
1913Flute Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: II. Allemande
1884Flute Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: III. Courante a l'Italienne - croches egales
1195Jephté: Prologue - Ouverture
1056Jephté: Prologue - "Riez sans cesse" - "Dans ces beaux lieux"
767Flute Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: V. Plainte - Tendrement
638Flute Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: VIII. Rondeau - Un peu legerement
559Morte di Lucretia: Dove vai, crudo spietato
5510Jephté: Prologue - "De quels nouveaux concerts"
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Montéclair: Jephté
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Montéclair: Concerts for Flute & Continuo
Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau
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Montéclair: Morte di Lucretia: Dove vai, crudo spietato
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Monteclair: Cantates a voix seule
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Dancing with the Sun King
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Monteclair: Flute Concertos Nos. 1-4
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Montéclair: Six concerts à deux flûtes traversières sans basses
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Beloved & Betrayed: Montéclair's Miniature Dramas for Flute & Voice
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Monteclair: La guerre et la paix
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Monteclair: Trumpet Concertos Nos. 3-6
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Monteclair, M.P.: Chamber Music (Les Buffardins)