Chapelle royale de versailles playing marc antoine charpentier te deum conductor martin gester le parlement de musique
The chapelle royale (chapel royal) was the musical establishment attached to the royal chapel of the French kings. The term may also be applied to the chapel buildings, the Chapelle royale de Versailles.
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- Chapelle royale de versailles playing marc antoine charpentier te deum conductor martin gester le parlement de musique
- During the reign of Louis XII 14981515
- Franois I 15151547
- Henri II 15471559 Franois II 15591560
- Charles IX 15601574 Henri III 15741589 Henri IV Bourbon 15891610
- During the reign of Louis XIII 16101643
- During the reign of Louis XIV 16431715 The Sun King
- Louis XV 17151774
- During the reign of Louis XVI 17741792
- Chapelle de lEmpereur 18041814
- Louis XVIII 18151824 Charles X 18241830 Louis XIX 1830 Henry V 1830
- Louis Philippe I 18301848 Second Empire 18521870
- Organists
- References
The establishment included a choir, organist and instrumentalists and was separate from the musique du chambre which performed secular music.
During the reign of Louis XII (1498–1515)
In 1511 Louis XII decided the responsibilities of the treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle and the master of the chapelle royale. The death, and sumptuous 40-day funeral of Louis' wife, Anne of Brittany in 1514 marks the origin of a unified chapelle royale combining the chapels of both Louis and Anne. Though at Anne's funeral the two chapels sang separately for the last time. Louis' Chapelle du Roi led by Antoine de Févin, included Johannes Prioris, Costanzo Festa, and Antoine de Longueval but not Jean Braconnier (died 1512). Anne's Chapelle de la Reine led by Antoine Divitis included Jean Mouton, Jean Richafort, Claudin de Sermisy, and Pierre Moulu.
François I (1515–1547)
Henri II (1547–1559), François II (1559–1560)
Charles IX (1560–1574), Henri III (1574–1589), Henri IV, Bourbon (1589–1610)
Henri IV was the king whom legend tells said "Paris is worth a Mass."
During the reign of Louis XIII (1610–1643)
During the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715) "The Sun King"
On the 1683 retirement of Henry Du Mont and Pierre Robert the position of maître of the chapelle was divided into four positions:
Louis XV (1715–1774)
1761 Four posts reduced to two.