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    Marc-Antoine Charpentier (French: [maʁk ɑ̃twan ʃaʁpɑ̃tje]; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of...
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  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed six Te Deum settings, but only four of them have survived. Largely because of the great popularity of its prelude, the...
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    Médée is a tragédie mise en musique in five acts and a prologue by Marc-Antoine Charpentier to a French libretto by Thomas Corneille. It was premiered at the...
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  • ensemble derives its name from the 1685 opera Les Arts florissants by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The organization consists of a chamber orchestra of period instruments...
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    Les arts florissants (opera) (category Operas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
    described by the composer as idylle en musique) in five scenes by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It was written in 1685 for the group of musicians employed by...
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    Messe de minuit pour Noël (category Compositions by Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
    voices and orchestra by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, written in 1694 based on the melodies of ten French Christmas carols. Charpentier called for eight soloists...
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  • guitarist Marc Antoine (singer) (born 1977), Haitian-Canadian singer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer of the Baroque era Marc-Antoine Fortuné...
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    The Imaginary Invalid (category Compositions by Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
    sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H.495 a, H.495 b) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It premiered on 10 February 1673 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal...
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    Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia, 1611, Jean L'Héritier, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 19 settings (H.111 -119, H.126 - 134 and H.144), Joseph Haydn...
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    La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (category Operas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
    an incomplete chamber opera in two acts by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It was probably composed in early 1686 and performed either in...
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