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Jean-Joseph Mouret was a French composer who was born on April 11 , 1682, in Avignon, France, and died on December 22, 1738, in Charenton-le-Pont, France. He was one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country.
Mouret's dramatic works , including his operas, made him one of the most notable composers of the Baroque period in France. His most famous composition is probably the Rondeau, which has been used in various movies, TV shows, and commercials, and is now often associated with royalty or upscale events.
Besides his operas and chamber music, Mouret also wrote religious music, including motets and cantatas. His chamber music consists of trio sonatas, quartets, and suites for various instruments.
Mouret started his musical career as a choirboy at the Cathedral of Avignon. He later moved to Paris, where he became a music teacher and composer. In Paris, he composed music for several court spectacles and ballets, which brought him to the attention of the influential patrons of the arts.
Mouret went on to travel extensively across France, performing his operas and chamber music. He also held several prominent positions, including director of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal and Master of Music at the Saint Louis Hospital in Paris.
Jean-Joseph Mouret's legacy lives on through his music, which is still performed today. His contribution to French Baroque music cannot be overstated, and his influence can be seen in the work of many composers who came after him.
Albums featuring Jean-Joseph Mouret
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, François Couperin, Michel Blavet, Marin Marais, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Tompes de France, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Orchestra Of The 18th Century – At The Court Of The Sun King(CD, Compilation) | 1996 | Philips |
| 2 |  |
M.A. Charpentier, J.J. Mouret, G.F. Händel, J.S. Bach, H. Purcell, M. Camidge, J. Clarke / Michael Ohnimus, Lucas Chorosiński – Michael Ohnimus • Lucas Chorosiński(CD, Album) | 1994 | DUX Recording Producers |
| 3 |  |
Mouret – Verschaeve, Fouchécourt, Marin-Degor, Rime, Ragon, Bindi, Serre, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Marc Minkowski – Les Amours De Ragonde | 1992 | Erato |
| 4 |  |
Pachelbel • Mouret • Albinoni • Vivaldi • Bach • Clarke • Handel • Corelli • Boccherini – The Rage Of 1710(CD, Compilation, Reissue) | 1990 | Allegretto |
| 5 |  |
L. Mozart • Fasch • Mouret • Baumann • Vlatković • Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields • Brown – Concerti Da Caccia | 1987 | Philips |
| 6 |  |
Pachelbel • Albinoni • Mouret • Bach • Handel • Vivaldi / Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra / Malgoire, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy / Kapp, Philharmonia Virtuosi Of New York & Others – Pachelbel's Canon • Baroque Favorites | 1985 | CBS |
| 7 |  |
Pachelbel, Bach, Mouret, Collegium Aureum – The Authentic Baroque | 1984 | Pro Arte |
| 8 |  |
Delalande ∙ Mouret ∙ Stölzel ∙ Torelli ∙ Vivaldi - Maurice André – Baroque Suites & Concerts for Trumpets | 1984 | EMI Digital |
| 9 |  |
André Bernard, Albinoni, Bach, Charpentier, Clarke, Corelli, Gounod, Mouret, Purcell, Schubert – Trompette Pour Les Jours De Fêtes(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1982 | Forlane |
| 10 |  |
Biber, Frescobaldi, Gabrieli, Martini, Mouret, Edward Carroll, Edward Brewer, New York Trumpet Ensemble – Art Of The Trumpet (Madeira Festival) | 1982 | Vox Cum Laude |
| 11 |  |
Quintette De Cuivres De Budapest, A. Holborne, G. Farnaby, S. Scheidt, H. Purcell, J-J. Mouret, M. Arnold – Quintette De Cuivres De Budapest(LP) | 1981 | Erato |
| 12 |  |
Ars Musici Basel, H. Purcell, J. J. Mouret, J. B. Morin – Come Ye Sons Of Art / Fanfares / Chasse Du Cerf(2×LP, Stereo, Box Set, ) | 1979 | Not On Label |
| 13 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Giovanni Gabrieli, Michel Richard Delalande, Anthony Holborne, Henry Purcell, Ludwig van Beethoven – Musique Baroque(LP, Stereo) | 1976 | Syrinx (9) |
| 14 |  |
Haydn, Vivaldi, Mouret, Tolar, Wejwanowsky, Adolf Scherbaum, Stanislav Simek, Rudolf Haubold, Dir. Christoph Stepp, Paul Kuentz – Festliche Trompeten Konzerte | 1976 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 15 |  |
Charpentier - Couperin - Delalande - Lully - Mouret, Marie-Claire Alain, Mady Mesplé, Robert Veyron-Lacroix Direction Louis Frémaux, Louis Martini, Jean-François Paillard – Un Concert A Versailles Au Grand Siècle | 1972 | Erato |
| 16 |  |
André Campra, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Leopold Mozart, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire – La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy In Concert | 1969 | CBS |
| 17 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, M. Richard De Lalande, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pierre Cochereau, Armand Birbaum – Musiques Royales A Notre Dame | 1968 | Turnabout |
| 18 |  |
Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Ensemble de Trompes de Chasse, Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat – Chasses Royales Au Chateau De Chantilly | 1966 | Erato |
| 19 |  |
Mouret / La Lande / Lully / Charpentier - Le Collegium Musicum De Paris Direction Roland Douatte – Symphonies, Fanfares Et Carrouzels Royaux | 1965 | Critère |
| 20 |  |
Michel Richard Delalande / Jean-Joseph Mouret - Paul Kuentz, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz – Delalande: Simphonies / Mouret: Fanfares, Simphonies(LP, Mono) | 1964 | Archive Production |
| 21 |  |
Delalande, Mouret, Rameau, Naudot – Franzosische Meister Des Barock(LP, Stereo) | 1964 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 22 |  |
Delalande, Mouret, Adolf Scherbaum, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz – Simphonies • Fanfares • Simphonies | 1964 | Archiv Produktion |
| 23 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret / Johann Sebastian Bach / Georg Friedrich Händel / Georg Philipp Telemann – Festliches Barock | 1964 | Archiv Produktion |
| 24 |  |
Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Joseph Mouret, André Campra / Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson, De Tours – Charpentier - Campra - Mouret | 1962 | VOX (6) |
| 25 |  |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Orchestre Jean-François Paillard – Fanfares Simphonies Et Suites Pour Trompettes, Cors De Chasse, Hautbois, Orchestre À Cordes Et Timbales | 1961 | Erato |
| 26 |  |
Mady Mesplé, Xavier Depraz, Helmut Krebs, Louis Frémaux / Campra, Mouret, Gautier – Motets De Solistes | 1961 | Erato |
| 27 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier / Antoine Dauvergne - Orchestre De Chambre Gérard Cartigny – Concerts De Sinfonies En France Au XVIIIe Siècle | 1961 | BAM |
| 28 |  |
Jean Joseph Mouret / Michel Richard De Lalande / Marin Marais / Jean-Marie Leclair Instrumental Ensemble Conducted By Jean-François Paillard – Fanfares; Symphonies / Symphonies Des Soupers Du Roy / Suite From "Alcione"(LP, Mono) | 1957 | Westminster |
| 29 |  |
Orchestre De Chambre De Versailles, Bernard Wahl, François Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Joseph Mouret – Symphonies Et Fanfares à Versailles(2×LP) | - | Contrepoint |
| 30 |  |
Marivaux, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Danièle Lebrun, Annie Sinigalia, Jean-François Calvé, Jacques Duby, Henri Guisol, Jean-Louis Jemma – Le Jeu De L'Amour Et Du Hasard(LP, Box Set, ) | - | L'Encyclopédie Sonore |
| 31 |  |
Sinfonías Para Las Cenas Del Rey(CD, ) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 32 |  |
Delalande, Pezel, Purcell, Mouret / Guy Touvron, Yves Coueffe, Benoît Cambreling, Wolfgang Karius – Trompettes, Timbales Et Orgue (Œuvres)(LP, Album, Stereo) | - | SFP |
| 33 |  |
Morin, Mouret, Corrette, Rameau, Le Rallye Louvarts, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Jean-François Paillard – La Chasse Du Cerf(CD, ) | - | Erato |
| 34 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, Tomaso Albinoni, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Festliche Trompeten Musik(LP) | - | Orbis (2) |
| 35 |  |
Mouret / La Lande / Lully / Charpentier - Le Collegium Musicum De Paris Direction Roland Douatte – Symphonies, Fanfares Et Carrouzels Royaux(LP, Album, Mono) | - | Music Guild Records |
| 36 |  |
Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson, Jean-Philippe Rameau, André Campra, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jean-Marie Leclair – Musique Française N°1(7") | - | Disques Vernou |
| 37 |  |
Alfred Bruneau & Andre Bloch / Jean-Joseph Mouret & Michel de Monteclair – Masterworks From France(2×LP, Transcription) | - | The French Broadcasting System In North America |
| 38 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret / Jean-Philippe Rameau - Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson – Premier Concert de Chambre / Suite Extraite De L'Opéra Dardanus(LP, Stereo) | - | Disques Vernou |
| 39 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret J.J. Mouret Gottfried Finger Godfrey Finger Joseph Bodin de Boismortier J.B. De Boismortier J.S. Bach, Joseph Haydn, Cecile Dolmetsch – The Concert(LP) | - | Chantry Records (3) |
| 40 |  |
Maurice André, Collegium Musicum De Paris, Roland Douatte - Albinoni - Vivaldi - Mouret - Scarlatti – Le Livre D'or De La Trompette(LP, Compilation, Stereo) | - | Musidisc |
| 41 |  |
Lalande, Mouret, Paul Kuentz, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz – Simphonies & Fanfares(CD, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo) | - | Archiv Produktion |
Videos featuring Jean-Joseph Mouret
Mouret / Adolf Scherbaum, 1964: Fanfares - Premiere Suitte
Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in Avignon – 22 December 1738 in Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country. Even though most of his works are no longer performed
Simphonies / Fanfares, Simphonies by Michel Richard Delalande; Jean-Joseph Mouret
00:15 1. Simphonies. Quatrième Suitte - Michel Richard Delalande
27:24 2. Fanfares. Première Suitte - Jean-Joseph Mouret
34:54 3. Simphonies. Seconde Suitte - Jean-Joseph Mouret
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Campra / Xavier Depraz, 1961: Laudate Dominum De Caelis - Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Digitized from the LP shown above, released on the MHS label in 1963.
André Campra (baptized 4 December 1660 in Aix-en-Provence – 29 June 1744 in Versailles) was a French composer and conductor. Campra was one of the leading French opera composers in
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