Pierre du Mage (1674-1751) - Suite du premier ton (1708)

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Composer: Pierre du Mage (1674-1751)
Work: Suite du premier ton (1708)
Performers: Pierre Bаrdon (orgue)
Painting: Isaak van Nickelen (1632-1703) - The interior of Saint Bavo’s Church in Haarlem
Image in high resolution: flic.kr/p/2mKD7XB
Drawing: John Coney (1786-1833) - Beauvais Cathedral (1823)
Image in high resolution: flic.kr/p/2mKC1j2
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Pierre Dumage [Du Mage]
(Beauvais, bapt. 23 November 1674 - Laon, 2 October 1751)
French organist and composer. He was organist of the collegiate church of Saint Quentin from 1703 to 1710, and then of Laon Cathedral until 1719 when, weary of the chapter’s insistence on the letter of his contract, he gave up his career as a professional musician and became a civil servant. His only extant work is a Livre d’orgue contenant une suite du premier ton (1708), dedicated to the chapter of Saint Quentin. Another Livre d’orgue, presented to the chapter of Laon Cathedral in 1712, has never been traced. The extant Livre d’orgue contains eight short pieces: Plein jeu, Fugue, Trio, Tierce en taille, Basse de Trompette, Récit, Duo and Grand jeu. In his dedication, Dumage describes these as his first compositions and says that he modelled them on the examples of the renowned Louis Marchand, his former teacher. The pieces are entirely representative of French organ music around 1700 in their increasing emphasis on exterior expression and elegance, a tendency which reached its musically most convincing statement in the Livre d’orgue of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault of 1710.

[@josevipadilla7224]

Muchas Gracias por ofrecer esta extraordinaria obra, joya del Arte de la Música y de un excelente Compositor, desconocido, al menos para mí, es una alegría inmensa poder disfrutar de esta bellísima pieza organística.

[@samitobribiesca6320]

C'EST SUPERBE CHEF- D'ŒUVRE GRANDE MERCI PER ÇE PARTAGE

[@marcosPRATA918]

Grande órgão, o antecessor do sintetizador!!

[@marikomariko3992]

I don't listen to many church organ music, but obviously this is grand. Too bad he had to give up his musical career.
John Coney's engraving of Beauvais Cathedral, where du Mage's father was an organist, is very impressive too.

[@frederickletterblair]

Can't believe a man who wrote such beautiful work didn't get to continue his musical career, most dreadful.

[@SilvioNobre]

❤️❤️❤️