Paschal de l'Estocart
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Paschal de l'Estocart was a French
Renaissance
composer.
Not much of his life is known. He was in Lyons between 1559 and 1565, and was married in the latter year. In his youth he is known to have visited Italy, but the exact years are not known. He was the protégé of the protestant Seigneurs (Lords) de la Marck
and in 1582 he worked for Charles III
, Duke of Lorraine. In 1584 he was in the service of the Abbot of Valmont; also that year he won the harpe d'argent (the silver
harp) on the musical competition (called a "Puy") at Evreux
, for his five-voice motet Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum. His works show that he belonged to the Huguenot
circles of his days.
His style of composing is considered to be quite innovative.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
composer.
Not much of his life is known. He was in Lyons between 1559 and 1565, and was married in the latter year. In his youth he is known to have visited Italy, but the exact years are not known. He was the protégé of the protestant Seigneurs (Lords) de la Marck
De la Marck
The House of La Marck, , original German name von der Mark, was an important family in the history of Europe, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark.-History:...
and in 1582 he worked for Charles III
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Charles III , known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.-History:He was the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark...
, Duke of Lorraine. In 1584 he was in the service of the Abbot of Valmont; also that year he won the harpe d'argent (the silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
harp) on the musical competition (called a "Puy") at Evreux
Évreux
Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...
, for his five-voice motet Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum. His works show that he belonged to the Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
circles of his days.
His style of composing is considered to be quite innovative.
Publications
(Selection)- 126 Quatrains du Sieur de Pibrac, 1582
- Livres des Octonaires de la Vanité du Monde, 1582
- Sacrae Cantiones, 1582
- 150 Pseaumes de David..., 1583 (for 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 voices)
- - given in reprint by Pierre Pidoux and Hans Holliger in 1954 (Bärenreiter-Verlag).
External links
- Music on website Arno Rog (formerly known as free-sheetmusic.org)