Louis-Antoine Dornel (ca. 1685 – 1765) was a French
composer, harpsichordist, organist and violinist. He
was probably taught by the organist Nicolas Lebègue.
He was appointed organist at the church of
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité in 1706, where he
took over from François d'Agincourt. He was runner-up
in the competition for the post to Jean-Philippe
Rameau, who eventually refused the terms set by the
church authorities. He occupied several organist posts
in Paris over a period from 1714...(+)
Louis-Antoine Dornel (ca. 1685 – 1765) was a French
composer, harpsichordist, organist and violinist. He
was probably taught by the organist Nicolas Lebègue.
He was appointed organist at the church of
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité in 1706, where he
took over from François d'Agincourt. He was runner-up
in the competition for the post to Jean-Philippe
Rameau, who eventually refused the terms set by the
church authorities. He occupied several organist posts
in Paris over a period from 1714 to 1748. In 1719 he
was appointed to the abbey of Sainte-Geneviève,
following the death of André Raison.
From 1725 to 1742, Dornel was appointed successor to du
Boussetto as the music master of the Académie
Française. He was required to compose a large-scale
motet for choir and orchestra to be performed by the
Académie each year on the feast of Saint Louis (August
25), but none survive. Dornel's works for harpsichord
and for organ were well regarded at the time, the
Mercure de France stating that they were "fort
estimées et de très facile exécution" (well regarded
and easy to play).
We know little more about the rest of his career, other
than that his last surviving organ manuscript c. 1756,
surviveds in manuscript (Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève,
Paris), and were published by Norbert Dufourcq in 1965
(ed. Schola Cantorum, Paris).
As Dornel was not a salaried court musician, he had to
respond to the tastes of the concert societies set up
by the French aristocracy, and in particular to the
popularity of the sonata form promoted by the
Italian-educated Marc-Antoine Charpentier, as well as
traditional suites of French dances.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Antoine_Dornel)
Although originally written for 2 or 3 instruments
(dessus) and continuo, I created this arrangement of
the Suite No.1 in A Minor from "Pièces de Clavecin"
for String Trio (Violin, Viola & Cello).
