Sujet
Grove Music Online
Objet
Austin B. CASWELL (with Georgie DUROSOIR) : 'Niert, Pierre de', Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed 1 April 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Niert [Nyert, Niel, Nielle, Denièle], Pierre de
(b Bayonne, c1597; d Paris, 12 Feb 1682). French nobleman, courtier, singer and singing teacher. […] He visited Rome in 1633 in the company of Marshal de Créqui, French Ambassador to the Holy See; there he heard the new Italian style of dramatic singing in the operatic productions of the Barberini family and apparently became acquainted with a number of Italian singers and studied under them. He returned to France in 1635, became ‘premier valet de la garde-robe’to Louis XIII in 1638 and later ‘premier valet du chambre’to Louis XIV. He took part in ballets de cour, and one song by him survives (Si vous voulez que je cache ma flame, F-Pn). […] By 1640 he had begun to have a profound influence on musicians of the French court such as Lambert and Bacilly, both of whom studied with him and adopted his italianate concerns for natural prosody, clear pronunciation, subtle declamation and a more sensitive approach to texts."
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