Philippe Courbois
Philippe Courbois (
Les Indes Galantes. It is these cantatas for which he is most famous today [3]
Works, editions, recordings
- L'amant timide (recorded on French Cantatas "Dans un bois solitaire" Gérard Lesne 1999 Virgin)
- Ariane (on Les Déesses outragées, Agnès Mellon, Alpha)
- Orphee (on Amour viens animer ma voix, Olivera, Ramée)
- Dom Quichotte - Loin des yeux qui m’ont fait captif, 1710 (text by Louis Fuselier)[2] (on Cantates comiques, Dominique Visse, Cafe Zimmerman, Alpha)
Courbois was one of many minor French composers who cultivated the cantata during the Baroque period.[4]
References
- ^ Michele Cabrini, ed. Cantatas for One or Two Voices (Middletown, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 2012),ix-x
- ^ a b Belt, Byron (1982). French Baroque Cantatas (LP record). Bronx Arts Ensemble Chamber Orchestra; John Ostendorf; Johannes Somary. New York, NY: Leonarda Productions. LPI 109.
- ^ Recherches sur la musique française classique: Volume 8 1968 "On ignore presque tout de Philippe Courbois, qui fit interpréter ses motets, ses cantates au Concert Spirituel dès les premières années d'existence de celui-ci. On ignore la date même de sa cantate Don Quichotte."
- Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Lejay, Louis Lemaire, C. François Lescot, Marchand Du Maine, Henriette de Mars, de Mongaultier, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Morel, Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer), Jean-Joseph Mouret, Monsieur N., Louis Néron, Piffet le fils, Pipereau, Charles Piroye, Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Rebel, Nicolas Renier, André Richer, Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Louis-Antoine Travenol, Jean-Claude Trial, and Alexandre Villeneuve.
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