Henri Dumont
Henri Dumont (also Henry Du Mont, * 1610 Borgloon ( Looz ), in Tongeren, † 8 May 1684 in Paris) was a Belgian composer.
Life
Dumont was the son of Henry de Thier and Elisabeth Orban. The family left and moved to Liège Maastricht. There, Henri and his brother Lambert were choirboys at the church of Notre -Dame. 1630 Henri Dumont is named in a Kapitellakt as an organist, which is granted him a leave of 2 months to complete his musical education. In the Bishopric of Liege, where he stayed many a time, he expanded his musical knowledge at Léonard de Hodémont (1575-1639), who, open to coming from Italy currents that influenced him considerably. On December 1, 1632, he resigned in favor of his brother by his organist. 1639 Dumont went to Paris, where he became in 1639 organist at the parish church of Saint -Paul significant. Only at this time, he took the name " Dumont " to. From 1652 he was mentioned as a harpsichordist at the court of the Duke of Anjou ( brother of Louis XIV ) and 1660 in the same position at the young Queen Marie -Thérèse. In 1663 he became vice- Kapellmeister of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, in 1672 came the title of the court music director added, and in 1673 that of the Maître de Musique of the queen.
Dumont was married to Mechthild Loyens, a daughter of the mayor of Maastricht. As a widower, he received the comprehensive income of the Abbey of Silly to Lisieux in Normandy. In 1683 he resigned from all offices and died a year later.
Work
Mainly he wrote church music. His work includes more than one hundred " Petits Motets ", which form the archetype of the French motets. Illustrious successor of this tradition were François Couperin and Jean -Baptiste Lully. Du Mont was the first to introduce the basso continuo in French music and this also wrote.
- Messes Royales en plein chant (Paris 1701)
- Cantica sacra II, III, IV cum vocibus date instrumentibus modulata. Liber primus, Paris 1652
- Meslanges à II, III, IV & V avec le parties Bassecontinue contenant plusieurs chansons, motets, Magnificat, Préludes et allemandes pour orgue et pour les viols. Et la de la Vierge litanie.
From Henri Dumont regularly sung in many monasteries and communities after the last common Hore melody of the Salve Regina comes ( praise of God in 1975 No 570 ).