Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1738) - Surge Propera ()

Joyeux anniversaire Joseph Valette de Montigny! 👑🙏🏼 Composer: Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1738) Work: Surge propera, Motet à grand choeur a 5 () Performers: Eva Tamisier (dessus); Coline Bouton (dessus); David Tricou (haute-contre); Charles d’Hubert (haute-contre); Pierre Perny (taille); Timothé Bougon (basse-taille); Raphaël Marbaud (basse); Ensemble Antiphona; Rolandas Mulеіka (conductor) Surge Propera () 1. Récit De Taille Et Choeur Surge Propera Sion Filia 0:00 2. Quanto Factus Humilior 5:51 3. Tubae Sonitu 8:47 4. Christo Vero Soli 12:07 5. Audiat Homo Et Intelligat 16:28 6. Quid Homo O Deus 18:16 7. O Tui Nimis Prodigas Deitas 19:48 8. Qui Sitit Qui Esurit 22:52 9. Deo Serviant Omnia 26:02 Painting: German School (18th Century) - Louis XV arriving in Paris, with the Louvre in the distance HD image: Further info: Listen free: --- Joseph Valette de Montigny [Montigni] (Béziers, 3 March 1665 - Toulouse, 4 October 1738) French composer. Related with a wealthy Perpignan family of goldsmiths, the Valettes, he was born in Béziers, where he studied as a choirboy of the Béziers cathedral. He later was appointed ’maîtrise en musique’ of the cathedral there in a post he held from 1689 to 1692. Within those years he also was appointed at the same post in the Narbonne cathedral which he held until 1694. His trace was lost after 1694 until 1718, year he settled in Senlis. In 1729 he was appointed ’maîtrise en musique’ of the Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux, in a post he held the rest of his life. As a composer, he was mainly active as a church musician, consequently he wrote at least 47 sacred works, among them, Grands motets, Motets à Voix seule mêlés de Symphonies (1711), Petits motets, Noëls à grand choeur and Cantiques spirituels.