*1682 FR
Composer of Classical
French composer who composed mainly for the stage (lyric tragedy and opera-ballet). Born: April 11th, 1682 at Avignon, Vaucluse, France Died: December 22th, 1738 at Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, France Even though most of his works are no longer performed, Mouret's name survives today thanks to the popularity of the Fanfare-Rondeau from his first Suite de symphonies, which has been adopted as the signature tune of the PBS program Masterpiece and is a popular musical choice in many modern weddings. Mouret's father was a prosperous silk merchant of Avignon, an amateur violinist who recognized his son's precocious musical abilities and provided him with a fine education. The elder Mouret generously supported his son's decision to pursue a musical career. As a youth, Mouret proved himself a talented singer while also earning success for his compositions. Around the age of twenty-five, Mouret settled in Paris. News of his arrival did not take long to spread and he was introduced to Anne, Duchess of Maine, whose salon at Sceaux was a center of courtly society in the declining years of Louis XIV. His genial character strongly assisted him in securing the patronage of the Duchess, who made him her Surintendant de la musique at Sceaux about 1708. At Sceaux he produced operas and was in charge of the sixteen bi-weekly Grandes nuits in the season of 1714–1715, for which he produced interimèdes and allegorical cantatas in the court masque tradition, and other music, in the company of the most favoured musicians, for the most select audience in France. Mouret thus launched his adult career under highly favorable auspices. His opéra-ballet Les fêtes, ou Le triomphe de Thalie ["Festivities, or The Triumph of Thalia"] with a libretto by Joseph de La Font was presented at the Opéra on August 19, 1714. In the prologue, in a scenic design which represented the stage of the Opéra, Thalia, the muse of Comedy, triumphs over Melpomene, the muse of Tragedy. This dramatic conceit resulted in a succès de scandale, obliging La Font to immediately prepare a revised opening entitled "La critique des fêtes de Thalie" (presented on October 9). In the 1720 edition the title was changed to Les fêtes de Thalie, and in 1722 a new opening was added, "La provençale", which featured regional costumes, instruments, and well-known melodies sung in the Provençal dialect. The 1722 version proved to be more acceptable and very popular, and continued to be performed up until 1778. Also in 1714 Mouret received an appointment as the director of the orchestra of the Opéra, a post which he held until 1718. From 1717 to 1737 he directed the Nouveau Théâtre Italien du Palais-Royal for which he composed divertissements that accompanied, for example, the tender comedies of Marivaux, and which, printed, fill six volumes. At court Mouret maintained a post as singer, and directed the grand divertissements offered by the Regent, the duc d'Orléans at his château of Villers-Cotterêts on the occasion of Louis XV's coming-of-age, 1722. Concurrently, he was director of the concert series established by the orchestra of the Opéra, the Concerts Spirituel (1728–34), positions which provided a public outlet for his own music and which permitted him to live in affluence. Mouret married and had one daughter. However, his later years were overshadowed by financial and social disappointments. Sinking into poverty, Mouret died in a charitable asylum run by the Roman Catholic Church in Charenton-le-Pont.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Musique Royale | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Michel Richard Delalande, François Francœur | 2014 | Compil. |
Festliche Trompeten Konzerte | Joseph Haydn, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Pater Tolar, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, Adolf Scherbaum, Stanislav Šimek, Rudolf Haubold, Christoph Stepp, Paul Kuentz | 1998 | Album |
The Concert | Jean-Joseph Mouret J.J. Mouret Gottfried Finger Godfrey Finger Joseph Bodin de Boismortier J.B. De Boismortier Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Cecile Dolmetsch | 1997 | Album |
Simphonies Pour Les Soupers Du Roy / Fanfares, Simphonies | Michel Richard Delalande / Jean-Joseph Mouret, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz | 1996 | Album |
Concerti Da Caccia | Leopold Mozart • Johann Friedrich Fasch • Jean-Joseph Mouret • Hermann Baumann • Radovan Vlatković • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields • Iona Brown | 1987 | Album |
Pachelbel's Canon · Baroque Favorites | Johann Pachelbel, Tomaso Albinoni, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Marcello, Jeremiah Clarke | 1986 | Album |
Highlights 14 | Collegium Aureum, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Pachelbel, Alessandro Marcello, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Georg Philipp Telemann | 1984 | Album |
Baroque Suites & Concerts for Trumpets | Michel Richard Delalande ∙ Jean-Joseph Mouret ∙ Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel ∙ Giuseppe Torelli ∙ Antonio Vivaldi - Maurice André | 1984 | Album |
Art Of The Trumpet (Madeira Festival) | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Jean-Paul-Egide Martini, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Edward Carroll, Edward Brewer, New York Trumpet Ensemble | 1982 | Album |
Musique Baroque | Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Giovanni Gabrieli, Michel Richard Delalande, Anthony Holborne, Henry Purcell, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1976 | Album |
Trompeten-Konzerte | Joseph Haydn - Antonio Vivaldi - Jean-Joseph Mouret - Pater Tolar - Pavel Josef Vejvanovský - Adolf Scherbaum | 1976 | Album |
Un Concert A Versailles Au Grand Siècle | Marc Antoine Charpentier - François Couperin - Michel Richard Delalande - Jean-Baptiste Lully - Jean-Joseph Mouret, Marie-Claire Alain, Mady Mesplé, Robert Veyron-Lacroix Direction Louis Frémaux, Louis Martini, Jean-François Paillard | 1972 | Album |
La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy In Concert | André Campra, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Leopold Mozart, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1969 | Album |
Musiques Royales A Notre Dame | Jean-Joseph Mouret, Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pierre Cochereau, Armand Birbaum | 1968 | Album |
Music for Royal Courts Of Louis XIV And Louis XV | Jean-Baptiste Lully - Michel Richard Delalande - Marc Antoine Charpentier - Jean-Joseph Mouret With Collegium Musicum De Paris Directed By Roland Douatte | 1965 | Album |
Simphonies • Fanfares • Simphonies | Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Adolf Scherbaum, Orchestre De Chambre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz | 1964 | Album |
Suites For Trumpets, Hunting Horns, Oboes, Strings And Timpani | Jean-Baptiste Lully / Jean-Joseph Mouret, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard | 1964 | Album |
Franzosische Meister Des Barock | Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jacques-Christophe Naudot | 1964 | Album |
Motets For Soloists And Orchestra | André Campra, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Pierre Gautier de Marseille / Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Louis Frémaux | 1963 | Album |
Musiques Royales à Notre-Dame | Pierre Cochereau, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Joseph Mouret | 1959 | Album |
Symphonies Et Fanfares Royales | Collegium Musicum De Paris, Roland Douatte, Jean-Joseph Mouret, François Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Lully | Album | |
Masterworks From France | Alfred Bruneau & André Bloch / Jean-Joseph Mouret & Michel Pignolet de Montéclair | Album | |
XVIIIème Siècle à Travers l' Europe - Musique Française | Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson | Album | |
Trompette Pour Les Jours De Fêtes | André Bernard, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Tomaso Albinoni, Arcangelo Corelli, Henry Purcell, Jean-Louis Gil, Edgar Krapp | Album | |
Fanfares; Symphonies / Symphonies Des Soupers Du Roy / Suite From "Alcione" | Jean-Joseph Mouret / Michel Richard Delalande / Marin Marais / Ensemble Instrumental Jean-Marie Leclair Conducted By Jean-François Paillard | Album | |
Symphonies Et Fanfares à Versailles | Orchestre De Chambre De Versailles, Bernard Wahl, François Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel Richard Delalande, Jean-Joseph Mouret | Album | |
Quintette De Cuivres De Budapest | Quintette De Cuivres De Budapest, Anthony Holborne, Giles Farnaby, Samuel Scheidt, Henry Purcell, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Malcolm Arnold | Album | |
Fanfaren, Sinfonien, Suiten Für Trompeten, Jagdhörner, Oboen, Streichorchester Und Pauken | Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jean-François Paillard | Album | |
Charpentier - Campra - Mouret | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Joseph Mouret, André Campra / Ensemble Instrumental Andrée Colson | Album | |
Le Jeu De L'Amour Et Du Hasard | Pierre Carlet De Chamblain De Marivaux, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Danièle Lebrun, Annie Sinigalia, Jean-François Calvé, Jacques Duby, Henri Guisol, Jean-Louis Jemma | Album |