Étienne Moulinié. Court composer of Gaston d'Orleans Before genre of opera came to France the aristocracy practiced singing with court aria (air de cour) or - courteous aria. Story of air de cour began with a lute song of 16th century. There are three main composers, who played an important role in history of development and becoming of this genre: Pierre Guedron (1565-1620). He wrote music for Henry IV and Maria Medici. Antoine Boesset (1587-1643) - court composer of Louis XIII. Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676) - the musician of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, the only brother of the king Louis XIII. Gaston of Orleans was an eccentric and unrestrained person and it was the reason of many arguments between him and his brother Louis XIII. So, because of this, Louis XIII was repeatedly sending his brother away from the Royal court. The Duke was leaving to his ownership, where he had his own court; there he was spending some time until he made peace with the King. Then he was c...
Music history. My own research. Everything about music starting from Medieval to Late Baroque era.