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About The Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier ()
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier was born in, or near, Paris, during the reign of Louis XIV.
His father was a master scribe, well off, and with important connections to influential people.
Marc antoine charpentier biography of michael jackson
Charpentier had a good education, most likely by the Jesuits, and applied to law school in Paris at age The Law was apparently not a good fit; he withdrew after one semester and traveled to Rome. He remained there for three or four years, studying music with Giacomo Carissimi, one of the most famous masters of early Italian Baroque music.
As a result, Charpentier returned to France with an impressive knowledge of contemporary Italian music.
Did Charpentier introduce Italian Baroque music to France? Not likely. At that time in the 17th century, Italian music was thought to be somewhat subversive by a royal court that didn’t tolerate open dissent.
Although he’d returned to his native country knowing a great deal about Ita