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Michel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (French pronunciation: ​[dəlalɑ̃d]; 15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands motets. He also wrote orchestral suites known as Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy and ballets.

Delalande is portrayed wearing the insignia of the order of Saint-Michel, with which he was conferred in 1722, but his features appear much as they were two decades earlier.
Delalande is portrayed wearing the insignia of the order of Saint-Michel, with which he was conferred in 1722, but his features appear much as they were two decades earlier.
Michel Richard de Lalande, after painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, engraving by Thomassin
Michel Richard de Lalande, after painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, engraving by Thomassin

Biography


Born in Paris, he was a contemporary of Jean-Baptiste Lully and François Couperin. Delalande taught music to the daughters of Louis XIV, and was director of the French chapel royal from 1714 until his death at Versailles in 1726.

Delalande was arguably the greatest composer of French grands motets, a type of sacred work that was more pleasing to Louis XIV because of its pomp and grandeur, written for soloists, choir and comparatively large orchestra. According to tradition, Louis XIV organized a contest between composers, giving them the same sacred text and time to compose the musical setting. He alone was the judge. Delalande was one of four winners assigned to compose sacred music for each quarter of the year (the other composers being Coupillet, Collasse and Minoret). Delalande's was the most important quarter of the year because of the Christmas holiday. Later he had full responsibility for the church music for the complete year. At his death, since he left no mass of his own, the 1656 requiem of the Dukes of Lorraine by Charles d'Helfer was sung.


Works


Delalande left many versions of his works. His earlier versions show adherence to French Baroque style, but the later revisions incorporate more Italian melismatic lines and greater attention to polyphonic counterpoint.

Also, at least four collections of his works exist, each displaying different looks at composer's work as viewed by the people who assembled each collection.

Scholarship of Delalande's work was for many years hindered because of inconsistencies in the spelling of his last name: de Lalande, Lalande, la Lande, de la Lande, and others. The family wrote the name as 'Delalande'. Finally, in 2006 the definitive "Thematic Catalogue of the Works of Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)" by noted British musicologist Lionel Sawkins came out which runs to 752 pages containing over 3,000 music examples and details of performing requirements and of all source materials, as well as with comprehensive indexes and thematic locators.

Vocal

Instrumental Delalande was an expert organist and harpsichordist, and yet has left not a single note of keyboard music.[1]


Selected recordings



References


  1. Catherine Massip Michel-Richard Delalande, ou, Le Lully latin 2005 "Que savons-nous de Delalande claveciniste? Comme certains de ses confrères dont les plus illustres, les Couperin, Delalande pratique de façon experte les deux instruments à clavier. En l'absence de toute pièce de clavecin signée de son, nous en sommes réduits aux conjectures sur la nature et les qualités de celles-ci."
  2. Lionel Sawkins Full Exotic nectar transformed: the grands motets of Delalande's maturity


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[de] Michel-Richard Delalande

Michel-Richard Delalande (auch Lalande oder de Lalande genannt) (* 15. Dezember 1657 in Paris; † 18. Juni 1726 in Versailles) war ein französischer Violinist, Organist und Komponist. Wegen seiner geistlichen Werke nannte man ihn in Frankreich den „Lully latin“ (lateinischer Lully).[1]
- [en] Michel Richard Delalande

[es] Michel-Richard Delalande

Michel-Richard Delalande (París, 15 de diciembre de 1657 - Versalles, 18 de junio de 1726), también de Lalande y de la Lande, fue un compositor, organista y violinista francés. Dos años después de la muerte de Lully, los favores de Luis XIV le aseguraron a Delalande el puesto de director de orquesta. A partir de 1672 comienza una corta carrera de violinista. Más tarde, en 1674, llega a ser organista. Desde entonces se consagra, sobre todo, a la música religiosa, probablemente por pedido del Rey Sol.

[ru] Делаланд, Мишель Ришар

Мишель Ришар Делаланд или де Лаланд (фр. Michel-Richard de Lalande; 15 декабря 1657, Париж, Франция — 18 июня 1726, Версаль, Франция) — французский композитор, органист, дирижёр и педагог. Представитель эпохи барокко.


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