Charpentier Beyond the Te Deum
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote over 500 sacred works, but most people only know one.
His Te Deum in D major is literally the Eurovision theme song. That opening prelude
plays before every broadcast, heard by millions worldwide. But here's what
nobody tells you: this wasn't even his masterpiece. Charpentier's real crowning achievement
was the Missa Assumpta est Maria, composed around 1702 when he was working at Sainte-Chapelle
in Paris. Scholars consider it his most accomplished mass, yet it's barely
performed today. He also pioneered the French grand motet, writing for four
separate choirs at once in his Messe à quatre chœurs. His Leçons de Ténèbres for Holy Week combined
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