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Du Mont: Cantica Sacra

2/11/2010, 21 Tracks, 1:12:52

Featuring

  • Caroline Weynants
  • Nathalie Marec
  • Lieve van Lancker
  • Thibaut Lenaerts
  • Bruno Boterf
  • Philippe Favette
  • Jean-Marie Marchal
  • Stéphanie de Failly
  • Françoise Enock
  • Freddy Eichelberger
  • Chœur de chambre de Namur
  • Henri Dumont

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Instruments

The organ used for this recording is the Jean-Baptiste Le Picard organ from Beaufays, built in 1742 and restored in 1991.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Upon arriving in Paris in 1640, Henry Du Mont changed his name from 'De Thier' to 'Du Mont,' translating the Liège dialect word 'thiers' (hills) into French.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Henry Du Mont, the composer, was born in Looz (today's Borgloon in Belgium) and his family were originally known as the De Thiers.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Du Mont's 'Cantica Sacra' features 'agréments' (small ornaments like trills and mordents) in its declamatory style, predating Couperin's 'Leçons des ténèbres' by forty years.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Du Mont's 'Cantica Sacra' was innovative for French religious music, notably for its fundamental role given to the basso continuo and the inclusion of 'concertante' instruments.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The 'Cantica Sacra' includes the first motet for solo voice in French musical history, 'In lectulo meo,' which uses an echo effect for the second voice.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

This recording is dedicated to Henry Du Mont's first published collection, 'Cantica Sacra' (1652), which is believed to be an anthology of works he composed since his arrival in Paris.

Source: Booklet

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