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Grove Music Online
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James R. ANTHONY/Catherine MASSIP : 'Lambert, Michel', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 18 March 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Lambert, Michel
(b Champigny-sur-Veudes, c1610; d Paris, 27 June 1696). French composer, singer and singing teacher. Educated as a choirboy in the chapel of Gaston d’Orléans, the elder brother of Louis XIII, Lambert began making his name as a singer in Paris in the 1640s. He benefited from the support of several patrons, including Cardinal Richelieu, the bishop of Lisieux, Fouquet, Gaston d’Orléans and his daughter Mlle de Montpensier, known as ‘la Grande Mademoiselle’. His name is also associated with the précieux circles of Paris at the time, first that of Mme de Rambouillet, and after the 1650s the circle of Mlle de Scudéry. In 1641 he married Gabrielle Dupuy, a singer; they had a daughter, Madeleine, who later married Jean-Baptiste Lully. From then on Lambert’s career was frequently linked to that of his sister-in-law, Hilaire Dupuy, a famous singer who performed in musical entertainments at court, in sacred music (she sang in the offices of Tenebrae) and in court ballets. Documentary records show that Lambert first performed as a dancer in 1651 in the ballets produced at the court of the young king Louis XIV. After 1656 his reputation as a composer of airs was consolidated by their regular appearance in the collections of Airs de differents autheurs published by Christophe Ballard. In 1660 he published the first book of airs with basso continuo to be engraved in France. Lambert was appointed maître de la musique de la chambre du roi in May 1661, a position that he held until his death. His son-in-law Jean-Baptiste Lully was appointed surintendant de la musique de la chambre du roi and from this time their professional and family lives were closely connected: Lambert wrote several récits and dialogues for Lully’s ballets of the 1660s. Among the duties of Lambert’s post were the education of pages in the royal chapel and the training of choristers in the Chambre du Roi.
Lambert had been recognized since 1636 as an important singer and singing teacher. […]"
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