Jean-François Dandrieu, also spelled D'Andrieu (c.
1682 – 1738) was a French Baroque composer,
harpsichordist and organist. He was born in Paris into
a family of artists and musicians. A gifted and
precocious child, he gave his first public performances
when he was 5 years old, playing the harpsichord for
King Louis XIV of France, and his court. These concerts
marked the beginning of Dandrieu's very successful
career as harpsichordist and organist. He was a student
of Jean-Baptiste Mor...(+)
A volume of organ noëls, which revised and enlarged
a similar book published by his uncle, Pierre Dandrieu
in 1714 (rev. in the 1720s). This was published
posthumously by sister, Jeanne-Françoise, in 1759.
Dandrieu also published an academic treatise on
accompaniment (Principes de l'accompagnement) in 1718,
which now serves as an important source of information
on the musical practice of the era.
Dandrieu's harpsichord writing is reminiscent of that
of François Couperin, but with more effective use of
counterpoint, which reminds the listener of German
Baroque music. The strict traditional suite "Ã la
Froberger" is abandoned in his works, many dance
movements replaced with the so-called pièces de
caractère, pieces with descriptive titles that were
common in French music of the 18th century. Dandrieu's
harpsichord oeuvre is, after those of François
Couperin and Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, the most important
in terms of sheer quantity of pieces.
The authorship of the Vesper hymn "Ave Maris Stella"
(HAIL, O Star of the ocean) has been ascribed to the
Cistercian monk St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090
– 1153), but it is firstrecorded in a manuscript
found in the Abby of St. Gall (Switzerland) dating from
the 9th century. Cardinal Tommasi ascribes it,
withoutsufficient evidence, to Fortunatus, Bishop of
Poitier (d. 609). This ancient hymn is one of the few
unrevised hymns in the Roman Breviary.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Dandr
ieu).
Although originally written for Organ. I created this
Arrangement of "Fugue sur l'hymne de la Vierge, Ave
Maris Stella" for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola &
Cello).
PARTITION