Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705-1786) - Confitemini Domino

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Composer: Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705-1786)
Work: Confitemini Domino
Performers: Bеttina Pahn (soprano); JuIian Pοdgеr (tenor); CapeIIa Brugеnsis;
CoIIegium Instrumentale Brugеnsе

Painting: Jan Wildens (1586-1653) - Gezicht op Antwerpen (1636)
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Further info: https://www.amazon.com/Croes-Motets-Capella-Brugensis-Peire/dp/B000EMT16I
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Henri-Jacques de Croes
(Antwerp, bap. 19 September 1705 - Brussels, 16 August 1786)

Flemish composer, conductor and violinist. At the age of 18 (7 November 1723) he was named first violin at the St Jacobskerk, Antwerp. In September 1729 he went to Brussels, where he entered the service of Prince Anselme-François of Thurn and Taxis. The prince held the monopoly of postal services in the Empire and had several residences, the most important being at Brussels and Frankfurt and later at Regensburg; de Croes is mentioned in the prince’s archives in Germany (in 1734, 1737-9 and 1742). By 1744 he was back in Brussels as a first violin in the chapel of Charles of Lorraine, whose sister-in-law, the Empress Maria Theresa, had made him governor of the Austrian Netherlands. In 1746 he became maître de chapelle at the court and directed the chamber music, for at that time the same musicians played in both chapel and court. There were six singers (two counter-tenors, two tenors and two basses) and 13 instrumentalists (six violinists, one violist, one cellist, one double bass player, two organists and two oboists), all of whom were French. For important festivals, the orchestra was augmented by the musicians of the most important collegiate church in Brussels, Ste Gudule (now the cathedral). De Croes remained master of music at the Brussels court until his death. De Croes’s son, Henri-Joseph de Croes (1758-1842), was from 1775 a violinist in the service of the Prince of Thurn and Taxis at Regensburg, and maître de chapelle from 1776 to 1783. #ClassicalMusic