Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 – 1749) was a French
musician, best known as an organist and composer. He
was born, and deceased, in Paris.
Clérambault came from a musical family (his father and
two of his sons were also musicians). While very young,
he learned to play the violin and harpsichord and he
studied the organ with André Raison. Clérambault also
studied composition and voice with Jean-Baptiste
Moreau.
Clérambault became the organist at the church of the
Grands...(+)
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 – 1749) was a French
musician, best known as an organist and composer. He
was born, and deceased, in Paris.
Clérambault came from a musical family (his father and
two of his sons were also musicians). While very young,
he learned to play the violin and harpsichord and he
studied the organ with André Raison. Clérambault also
studied composition and voice with Jean-Baptiste
Moreau.
Clérambault became the organist at the church of the
Grands-Augustins and entered the service of Madame de
Maintenon. After the death of Louis XIV and
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, he succeeded the latter at
the organ of the church of Saint-Sulpice and the royal
house of Saint-Cyr, an institution for young girls from
the poor nobility. He was responsible there for music,
the organ, directing chants and choir, etc. It was in
this post—it remained his after the death of Madame
de Maintenon—that he developed the genre of the
"French cantata" of which he was the uncontested
master. In 1719 he succeeded his teacher André Raison
at the organs of the church of the Grands-Jacobins.
His Motet du Saint Sacrement in G major is one of the
first French works known to have been performed in
Philadelphia.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Nicolas_Cl%C3%A9ra
mbault).
Although originally created for Harpsichord, I created
this Interpretation of the "Suite du troisième Ton"
(Suite in C major) from his 1710 publication, "Livre
d'Orgue" for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
PARTITION