Musicians - Henri Desmarets

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Henri Desmarets (or Desmarest) (February 1661 in Paris – September 7, 1741 in Lunéville) was a French composer of the middle Baroque period.

He was a child prodigy and sang as a boy soprano in the royal chapel.

His opera "Endymion" was staged at Versailles in March, 1682.

In 1683, King Louis XIV gave Desmarets a 900-livre pension.

Desmarets' wife died in 1696.

Later, Desmarets took a lover, Marie-Marguerite, and was arrested for helping her flee a convent. He was sentenced to death. He escaped on August 5, 1699, and fled the country with Marie-Marguerite for the Low Countries.

Desmarets was hired by the King of Spain, Philip V, in 1701.

Desmarets was hired by Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine, in 1707.

Desmarets was pardoned by the Duke of Burgundy in 1720.

Works:

1704 Mass for 2 choruses
1704 Exandiat et Dominus, motet
1710 Deux Grands Motets Lorrains
Oratorio, Mystère de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ
Lorraine Motets (4)
Marche Lorraine
Rigaudon
Domine ne in furore
Usquequo Domine
Confitebor Tibi Domine
Lauda Jerusalem
Les Louanges de Dieu, for chorus
1686 La Diane de Fontainebleau, divertissement

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