Henri Desmarets

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Henri Desmarets (or Desmarest) (February 1661 in Paris – September 7, 1741 in Lunéville) was a French composer of the middle Baroque period. He was a child prodigy and sang as a boy soprano in the royal chapel. His opera "Endymion" was staged at Versailles in March, 1682. In 1683, King Louis XIV gave Desmarets a 900-livre pension.

In 1696, Demartes' wife died. Three years later, Desmarets took a lover, Marie-Marguerite, and was arrested and sentenced to death for helping her flee a convent. He escaped on August 5, 1699, and fled the country with Marie-Marguerite for the Low Countries.

He was then hired by the King of Spain, Philip V, in 1701 and then by Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine, in 1707. He was pardoned by the Duke of Burgundy in 1720.

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Year	Title
1686	La Diane de Fontainebleau (Divertissement)
1704	Mass for 2 Choruses
1704	Exandiat et Dominus (Motet)
Date not available	Oratorio, Mystère de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ
Date not available	Lorraine Motets (4)
Date not available	Marche Lorraine
Date not available	Domine ne in furore
Date not available	Usquequo Domine
Date not Available	Usquequo Domine
Date not Available	Confitebor Tibi Domine
Date not Available	Lauda Jerusalem
Date not Available	Les Louanges de Dieu, pour chœur