Joseph Michel (composer)

Joseph Michel (1679–1736) was an 18th-century French baroque chorister, composer and music teacher of the Sainte Chapelle of Dijon, demolished in 1802. A contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau, his reputation extended far beyond the boundaries of the city of Versailles and the Province of Burgundy. Born at Bay-sur-Aube, and educated at the Jesuit college of Godrans, Michel was a pupil of Pierre Menault and also for a few years, of Jean-Philippe Rameau, choirmaster to the Sainte-Chapelle du Roi in Dijon, where he became a Canon in 1717. In his later works, one can clearly see the emerging galant style in his music. From a letter in the archives of Versailles, it is clear that Michel intended to become kapellmeister for the royal court, but his premature death prevented this. Works, editions and recordings * Domine in virtute tua * Miserere * Leçons de Jérémie (1935) * Dominus regnavit exultet terra * Quid retribuam tibi * Leçons de ténèbres - recorded by (1) Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel for Naxos in 1997, (2) Hervé Lamy, Mundo Corde 2012. See also *Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi *Jean-Baptiste Lully Additional informations Sources * References ;Attribution *This article is b