Visits to the Midwest by William Christie’s splendid Paris-based period instruments and vocal group, Les Arts Florissants, have been increasingly rare in recent seasons. Even more rare are live ...

Le Nain's Nativity, the kind of painting that might have complemented Charpentier's music in the Hotel de Guise The sunrise aspect is fascinating, too, especially as text (the sun illumines only half ...

If the problem of organizing music for your Christmas party seems daunting, take a page from the book of the 17th century Duchesse de Guise and commission your own — or simply throw the products of ...

Musica Antiqua Köln announces Charpentier’s bicentenary this year with a glorious cleanly blown, audience-hushing Fanfare on two trumpets and a priestly Triumphal March on this celebratory disc of ...

After his rift with Lully, Molière turned to Marc-Antoine Charpentier for the incidental music for his last productions, including Le Malade imaginaire and Le Mariage forcé. Show more Following his ...

Lucie Skeaping explores music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, who wrote arguably some of the most engaging Christmas music of the French baroque, including the Messe de Minuit. Show more Lucie Skeaping's ...

Revue de Musicologie, T. 70, No. 1 (1984), pp. 37-50 (14 pages) A consideration of the state of scholarship on Marc-Antoine Charpentier (not only studies of his music but editions and recordings of it ...

Founded in 1948, the Journal of the American Musicological Society welcomes topics from all fields of musical inquiry, including historical musicology, critical theory, music analysis, iconography and ...