Du Mont: Motets à voix seule

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Gérard Lesne
Henri Ledroit
Philippe Pierlot
Titia de Zwart
Gail Ann Schröder
François Fernandez

Claude Wassmer
Bernard Foccroulle
Ricercar Consort
Henri Dumont
Léonard de Hodémont

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Compositional Technique

Du Mont's motet In lectulo meo is notable as the first true motet for solo voice with echo in France.

Historical Context

The Principality of Liège, where Henri Du Mont and Léonard Hodemont were active, was very open to new Italian music currents due to its political ties to the Empire.

Composition History

Henri Du Mont's 1652 collection, Cantica Sacra, introduced a new type of French religious music for soloists with instruments and basso continuo, foreshadowing the great motets of Versailles.

Compositional Technique

The motets for solo voice by Léonard Hodemont are always accompanied by a violin part, either in imitation or as a second voice complementing the harmony.

Compositional Technique

Léonard Hodemont, a composer likely influential to Du Mont, published Sacri Concentus in 1630 and 1631, demonstrating a perfect assimilation of the Italian style, including the use of basso continuo.