Henry du Mont was a Walloon composer who worked primarily in Paris during the middle Baroque. His 1652 Cantica sacra, published before du Mont achieved his longest post as organist at the Church of St. Paul in Paris, consists of sacred settings from two to four voices that betray the influence of both Palestrina and the madrigal, conceits still belonging to Renaissance practice. However, du Mont also provides a basso continuo, a device still relatively new in 1652 and intractably wedded to the Baroque; he was so proud of ...
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Henry du Mont was a Walloon composer who worked primarily in Paris during the middle Baroque. His 1652 Cantica sacra, published before du Mont achieved his longest post as organist at the Church of St. Paul in Paris, consists of sacred settings from two to four voices that betray the influence of both Palestrina and the madrigal, conceits still belonging to Renaissance practice. However, du Mont also provides a basso continuo, a device still relatively new in 1652 and intractably wedded to the Baroque; he was so proud of his employment of continuo that in the publication du Mont claimed to be the first to publish such music in France, perhaps unaware that he had been preceded by Constantijn Huygens just five years before. However, du Mont's Cantica sacra represents the first ever examples of the distinctively French form known as petites motets, and he would later figure in the development of the grands motets, as well. The 1652 print of Cantica sacra contains 35 pieces, and Ricercar's Henry Du Mont:...
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