Marc-Antoine Charpentier (born 1643, in or near Paris, France—died Feb. 24, 1704, Paris) was the most important French composer of his generation and the outstanding French composer of oratorios.

Charpentier (pronounced [ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje]) is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, …

For the next 17 years, Charpentier worked as house composer for Marie de Lorraine, the duchesse de Guise. He composed a large quantity of vocal works for her, often performing as haute-contre …

With his only opera, Médée (1693), based on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, Charpentier reached the pinnacle of his art and expressive power.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (diocese of Paris, 1643 – Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 24 February 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era. He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music of …

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24, 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era. He was a prolific and versatile composer, principally of sacred vocal music, and was one of the most …

Marc-Antoine Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality of his prolific output. He mastered all genres, and his skill in writing sacred …

Paris, c. 1634; d. Paris, Feb. 24, 1704. He was a versatile and artistic man who had intended to become a painter, but he studied music in Italy with carissimi and became the leader of the Italian camp in the …

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his Te Deum H.146, Marche en rondeau.

Charpentier, who worked as a house composer for Marie de Lorraine, duchesse de Guise, and then later for the Jesuits, was especially praised for his sacred vocal music.