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| Marc-Antoine Charpentier
(1634 - 1704)
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| 1662 |
Travels to Rome to study with Giacomo Carissimi, famous throughout Europe for his sacred music |
| 1672 |
Engaged by the playwright Molière's theatre company to write music for the play Le Mariage forcé |
| 1675 |
Joins the household of the Duchess of Guise as a singer and Master of Music |
| 1683 |
Granted a pension by King Louis XIV, in recognition of his services to his son, the Dauphin. |
| 1684 |
Appointed, around this time, Master of Music at the church of St. Louis, Paris |
| 1693 |
First of only ten performances in his lifetime of his opera Médée |
| 1698 |
Attains the distinguished position of Master of Music at the Parisian church of Sainte-Chapelle |
| 1704 |
Dies 24 February, in Paris |
| ~1645 |
Born in Paris, probably into a family of artists |
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