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Louis-Nicolas Clrambault
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Louis-Nicolas Clrambault (19 December 1676

26 October 1749) was a French musician, best
known as an organist and composer. He was
born, and died, in Paris.

Louis-Nicolas Clrambault

Contents
1 Biography
2 Works
2.1 By opus number
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Born

Biography

19 December 1676
Paris, France

Died

Clrambault came from a musical family (his

father and two of his sons were also musicians).
Occupation
While very young, he learned to play the violin
Years active
and harpsichord and he studied the organ with
Andr Raison. Clrambault also studied
composition and voice with Jean-Baptiste Moreau.

26 October 1749 (aged 72)

Paris, France
Composer and organist
1704-1749

Clrambault became the organist at the church of the Grands-Augustins and entered the service of
Madame de Maintenon. After the death of Louis XIV and Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, he succeeded
the latter at the organ of the church of Saint-Sulpice and the royal house of Saint-Cyr, an institution
for young girls from the poor nobility. He was responsible there for music, the organ, directing
chants and choir, etc. It was in this postit remained his after the death of Madame de
Maintenonthat he developed the genre of the "French cantata" of which he was the uncontested
master. In 1719 he succeeded his teacher Andr Raison at the organs of the church of the GrandsJacobins.
His Motet du Saint Sacrement in G major is one of
the first French works known to have been
performed in Philadelphia.[1]

Basse et dessus de trompette

(1710)
Movement 5 of Suite du Premier
Ton (Suite in C major) from his

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Works
His important published work includes:

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1710 publication, Livre d'Orgue

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a large number of religious pieces with chants and choirs, (motets, hymns, Magnificat, Te
Deum etc.);
more than 25 secular cantatas on subjects often inspired by Greco-Roman myths;
sonatas for violin and basso continuo:
a book of dance pieces for the harpsichord (1704) in which he adopted the tradition of the
unmeasured prelude;
a book of organ pieces in two suites (1710) in which melodic charm wins out over religious
spirit. These two collections seemed destined to begin a cycle of pieces in all keys but
Clrambault never completed the cycle.

By opus number
1: Cantata Book I No. 1: L'amour piqu
par une abeille
2: Cantata Book I No. 2: Le jaloux
3: Cantata Book I No. 3: Orphe
4: Cantata Book I No. 4: Polyphme
5: Cantata Book I No. 5: Mde
6: Cantata Book I No. 6: L'amour et
Bacchus
7: Cantata Book II No. 1: Alphe et
Arthuse
8: Cantata Book II No. 2: Landre et Hro
9: Cantata Book II No. 3: La musette
10: Cantata Book II No. 4: Pirame et Tisb
11: Cantata Book II No. 5: Pigmalion
12: Cantata Book II No. 6: Le triomphe de
la paix
13: Cantata: Le bouclier de Minerve
14: Cantata: Abraham
15: Cantata Book III No. 1: Apollon
16: Cantata Book III No. 2: Zphire et
Flore
17: Cantata Book III No. 3: L'isle de Dlos
18: Cantata Book III No. 4: La mort
d'Hercule
19: Cantata: La muse de l'Opra
20: Cantata Book IV No. 1: L'amour guri
par l'amour

21: Cantata Book IV No. 2: Apollon et

Doris
22: Cantata: Le soleil, vainqueur des
nuages
23: Cantata Book V No. 1: Clitie
24: Cantata Book V No. 2: Les forges de
Vulcain
25: Cantata: Les francs masons
26: Choeurs et intermdes de l'idille de St
Cyr
27: Choeurs de l'idille de St Cyr sur le
dpart du roi
28: Le triomphe d'Iris
29: Le triomphe de la vertu, ou Hercule
vainqueur des plaisirs
30: Himne de Saint Louis
31: Idille sur la naissance de Ntre
Seigneur de Moreau (arrangement)
32: Le retour du printemps (lost)
33: Daphnis et Sylvie (lost)
34: Air boire: Enfin nos voeux sont
satisfaits in C major
35: Air boire: C'en est fait j'ai bris ma
chane in G major
36: Air italien: Vuol parlar il mio cuore in
F major

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37: Air boire: Buveurs trop altrs in E

minor
38: Ariette: Hlas! La pauvre fille in E
minor
39: Air srieux: Jugez de ma peine
extrme in C minor
40: Air boire: Rparons l'honneur de la
treille in C major
41: Air boire: Amis, le dieu du vin
s'empresse in G major
42: Canon: Vive le roi in C major
43: Harpsichord Suite No. 1 en C major
44: Harpsichord Suite No. 2 en C minor
45: Prelude for harpsichord in G major
46: Organ suite of the first tone
47: Organ suite of the second tone
48: Chaconne for violin, viola da gamba
and continuo in A major
49: Allemande for violin and continuo in
A major
50: Menuet en rondeau for violin and
continuo in A major
51: Sonata I in G major "L'anonima"
52: Sonata II in G major "La flicit"
53: Sonata III in B flat major
"L'abondance"
54: Sonata IV in F major "Symphonia"
55: Sonata V in D major
56: Sonata VI in C major "L'impromptu"
57: Sonata VII in E minor "La
magnifique"
58: Motet pour le jour de Nol in A major
59: Motet pour le dimanche de la
quinquagezime in E minor
60: Motet pour le lundy qui prcde le
caresme in A major
61: Motet pour le mardy qui prcde le
caresme in D minor
62: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in C minor
63: Motet pour le roy in D minor
64: Motet pour l'ascension in B flat major
65: Motet du Saint Esprit in E minor
66: Motet du Saint Sacrement in E minor

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67: Motet du Saint Sacrement in D major

68: Motet du Saint Sacrement in G major
69: Motet pour le bienheureux Vincent de
Paul in A major
70: Stabat mater in B flat major
71: Motet pour Sainte Franoise in A
minor
72: Motet pour Saint Joseph in G major
73: Motet pour le saint jour de pques in F
major
74: Motet pour l'ascension in F major
75: Motet pour la fte de la Sainte Trinit
in F major
76: Motet de Saint Jean Baptiste in G
major
77: Motet de Saint Roch in G major
78: Motet pour le bienheureux Vincent de
Paul in C major
79: Motet pour les Saints Anges in F major
80: Motet de Saint Denis in C minor
81: Motet pour la fte de tous les saints in
B flat major
82: Motet pour les apostres in A minor
83: Motet du Saint Sacrement in A minor
84: Motet du Saint Sacrement in G major
85: Motet du Saint Sacrement in F major
86: Motet du Saint Sacrement in D minor
87: Motet du Saint Sacrement in D major
88: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in A major
89: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in G minor
90: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in G major
91: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in D major
92: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in C minor
93: Motet de la Sainte Vierge pour le
caresme in G minor
94: Motet de la Sainte Vierge pour le tems
de pasques in G major
95: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in A major
96: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in D minor
97: Domine salvum in A minor
98: Domine salvum in F major
99: Cantique des anges in D major

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100: Antienne la Sainte Vierge pour le

temps pascal in G major
101: Motet de Saint Benoit in G major
102: Motet de Saint Bernard in G major
103: Motet de Saint Michel in D major
104: Antienne la Sainte Vierge in G
minor
105: Motet de Saint Dominique in G major
106: Motet du Saint Sacrement in F major
107: Motet de Saint Jean l'Evangliste in
A major
108: Motet de Saint Augustin in D minor
109: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in C minor
110: Motet du Saint Sacrement in A major
111: Motet pour la fte de l'assomption in
D major
112: Motet de Saint Sulpice in D major
113: Motet de Saint Pie in D major
114: Salve regina in E minor
115: Motet de Sainte Chantal in A major
116: Miserere 3 in G minor
117: De profundis clamavi in D minor
118: Ecce quam bonum in G major
119: Dominus quis habitabit in A major
120: Judica me Deus in G minor
121: Exaltabo te Domine in A major
122: Exultate Deo in G major
123: Miserere in C minor
124: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in G minor
125: Conturbatus est spiritus meus in C
minor
126: Motet de Saint Jean Baptiste in D
major
127: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in F major
128: Motet du Saint Sacrement in D major
129: Motet de Saint Sulpice in G major
130: Viderunt te aquae Deus in E minor
131: Motet du Saint Sacrement in C minor
132: Antienne la Sainte Vierge in C
major
133: Motet du Saint Sacrement in F major
134: Motet du Saint Sacrement in A minor
135: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in D minor

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136: Magnificat trois parties in F major

137: Te Deum in A minor
138: Te Deum in C major
139: Dixit Dominus in E minor
140: Regina caeli in F major
141: Exultate Deo in D major
142: Audite gentes in D major
143: Motet pour le sacr coeur de Jsus in
A major
144: Motet pour la nativit de Saint Jean
Baptiste in G major
145: Motet pour Saint Sulpice in A major
146: Motet pour le roy, la reine et le
dauphin in A major
147: Pseaume 28 in C major
148: Motet de Saint Sulpice in D major
149: Motet pour la ddicace de l'eglise de
Saint Sulpice in D major
150: Motet pour la canonisation de Saint
Pie in G major
151: Motet de Saint Sulpice in B flat major
152: Motet pour le roy in B flat major
153: Pseaume 121 in C major
154: Magnificat trois parties in D minor
155: Te Deum trois parties in C major
156: Motet du Saint Sacrement in A major
157: Motet pour le roy in A major
158: Motet pour le roy in G minor
159: Motet pour le roy in E minor
160: Stabat mater in B flat major
161: Exaudiat in D minor
162: Exaudiat in F major
163: O sacrum convivium in A major
164: Tantum ergo in A minor
165: O salutaris hostia in E minor
166: Adoramus te Christe in A minor
167: Pie Jesu in C minor
168: Litanies du sacr coeur de Jsus in C
major
169: Vovete et redite in G major
170: Salve regina in D minor
171: Motet pour la fte de la Sainte Trinit
in G major

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172: Motet de Saint Augustin in F major

(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
173: O salutaris in A major (Nivers arr.
Clrambault)
174: Motet du Saint Sacrement in D major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
175: Motet du Saint Sacrement in G minor
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
176: Motet du Saint Sacrement in A major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
177: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in A major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
178: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in A major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
179: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in D major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
180: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in A major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
181: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in D major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
182: Motet de la Sainte Vierge in F major
(Nivers arr. Clrambault)
183188: 6 Leons de tnbres (lost)
189: O Filii (lost)
190: Laudemus cantemus (lost)
191: L'histoire de la femme adultre
192: Air spirituel: Vertus Misres du
pch in C minor
193: Air spirituel: Stance in A minor
194: Air spirituel: Vertus La rsignation
in F major
195: Air spirituel: Le paradis in A major
196: Airs spirituels: Louanges de Dieu in
E minor
197: Air spirituel: Mistres de Notre
Seigneur J.C. Moment in B flat major
198: Air spirituel: Mistres de Notre
Seigneur J.C. Sa rsurrection in B flat
major
199: Air spirituel: Vertus Amour de la
sagesse in C minor
200: Air spirituel: Nol in G major

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201: Air spirituel: Vertus L'innocence in

G major
202: Air spirituel: Cantique de Saint
Bernard in G major
203: Air spirituel: Vertus L'education in
G minor
204: Air spirituel: Vertus Respect dans le
lieu saint in A minor
205: Air spirituel: Nol in A major
206: Air spirituel: Cantique in A minor
207: Airs spirituels: Vices Le libertinage
in D minor
208: Air spirituel: Sonnet de Des Barreaux
in D minor
209: Air spirituel: Vertus La confiance in
G minor
210: Air spirituel: Vertus La sagesse in E
minor
211: Air spirituel: Cantique de Saint
Bernard in C major
212: Airs spirituels: Louanges de Dieu in
B flat major
213: Airs spirituels: Mistres de Notre
Seigneur J.C. Sa circoncision in G major
214: Airs spirituels: Les IV fins de
l'homme L'impie dtromp in B flat
major
215: Air spirituel: Les IV fins de l'homme
Fuite du tems in G major
216: Air spirituel: Vertus Prire dans la
tentation in G minor
217: Air spirituel: Stance Mon coeur est
accabl in G major
218: Air spirituel: Ne cherchons plus que
Dieu in G major
219: Air spirituel: Stance N'esprons
plus mon me in D minor
220: Air spirituel: Stance Objets
lugubres et funbres in D minor
221: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
sapientia in D minor
222: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
adonai in D major

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223: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O

radix Jesse in F major
224: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
clavis David in F major
225: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
oriens in G major
226: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
rex gentium in G major
227: Air spirituel: Sur les O de Nol O
Emmanuel in E minor
228: Air spirituel: O vive flamme in A
major
229: Airs spirituels: Mistres de Notre
Seigneur J.C. Son incarnation in G major
230: Air spirituel: Stance Pour un
pcheur in C minor

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231: Airs spirituels: Les IV fins de

l'homme La mort in B minor
232: Air spirituel: Stance Quand je pense
au Seigneur in G major
233: Air spirituel: Mistres de Notre
Seigneur J.C. Sa mort in F major
234: Air spirituel: Vices L'oisivet in A
major
235: Air spirituel: Sur les dsirs de la mort
in C minor
236: Air spirituel: Les IV fins de l'homme
Le paradis in A major
237: Air spirituel: Dsir de la mort in B
flat major
238: Air spirituel: Stance Vous me
cherchez Seigneur in D minor
239: Rgles d'accompagnement

See also
French organ school

References
1. Annals of Music in Philadelphia (http://books.google.com/books?id=j4QfAAAAYAAJ&
printsec=frontcover&dq=Annals+of+Music+History&source=bl&ots=QB1wEa4LmA&
sig=4uv65EH095zi_YNxFKIgJCR3uRo&hl=en&ei=4fJsS9XhN5L-tQP9uLyxDQ&
sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false)

External links
Media related to Louis-Nicolas Clrambault at Wikimedia Commons
Free scores by Louis-Nicolas Clrambault at the International Music Score Library Project
Preceded by
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers

Titular Organist Church of SaintSulpice, Paris

17141749

Succeeded by
Csar-Franois
Clrambault

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