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NE of the great masters of the 17th century was Marc-Antoine Charpentier who, because of one of the most notorious musical rivalries in history, has been neglected for over 250 years. In his own day Charpentier was a celebrated musician holding several Court positions under Louis XIV. Due to the rivalry of Jean-Baptiste Lully, who was the favourite Court Musician, Charpentier never obtained a permit to have his compositions published. He had a tremendous output, approaching 500 works, all of which have lain in manuscript form on the shelves of the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris, A reprieve has now come, due largely to a Monsieur Guy-Lambert, president of a new French organisation known as_ the "Friends of Marc-Antoine Charpentier." M. Guy-Lambert has copied and. edited many of the manuscripts found in the library, and recently arranged the first performance in 250 years of Charpentier’s Mass, Assumpta est Maria. A recording of this concert has been made available to the NZBS through the French Legation, and will be broadcast as the first of several such programmes from France in the Music from Oversea series from all YCs, on Saturday, February 2, at 9.30: p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 911, 25 January 1957, Page 15
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195Master Restored New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 911, 25 January 1957, Page 15
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