Daniel Danielis Explained

Daniel Danielis (Visé near Liège 1635- Vannes 1696) was a Belgian composer. He studied at Maastricht and was organist at Saint Lambert's Church.^{[1] [2]} Between 1661 and 1681 he served as Kapellmeister at the court of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. In 1684 he became maître de musique at Vannes Cathedral.^[3]

Works, editions and recordings

Surviving works include 72 petits motets,^[4] several of them preserved by composer and collector Sébastien de Brossard, another 12 in a collection by Philidor.^[5] 54 of these motets are for 1 or 2 voices.^[6] A full catalogue of his works was published by Catherine Cessac, of the CMBV, in 2003.^[7]

Recordings

• Motets for one or two voices - including Caelo rores. Adjuro vos. Cognoscam. O Dulcissime. Jesu dulcissime. Quid reminiscimini Adoro te meo salus. Dic mihi o bone Jesu. Jesu mi. O alme vindex criminum. Mellon, Collot, Terakado, Malgoire, Uemura. dir. Christophe Rousset 1993 (Koch Schwann 3–1031)
• Motets d’Uppsala - 11 motets, including Paratum cor meum. Inter flammas amoris. Françoise Masset, Stephanie Revidat, Jean-François Novelli, Jérôme Corréas. Rousset 1997 (Cypres Records)
• Caeleste convivium - motets including Propter nimiam charitatem. Ornate aras. O bonitas, o amor! Ad arma fideles. Obstupescite omnes. O ! o salutaris hostia!. Ad fontes amoris. Venite ed videte. Super flumina Babylonis. Ad gaudia cœli. Quo tendimus mortales. Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frédéric Desenclos. Alpha 2008

Notes and References

1. [New Grove]
2. Revue belge de musicologie 34-35 1980 " Toutefois, on ne peut exclure Daniel Danielis (Visé 1635 - Vannes, en Bretagne, 1696) qui fut organiste à la... "
3. Companion to Baroque Music p145 Julie Anne Sadie - 1998 "Danielis, Daniel (1635-06). Walloon composer who, after 20 years' service as Kapellmeister at Gustrow, ... Vannes; his motets for one to four voices (of which 72 survive, 13 in a Philidor anthology compiled in 1688) were sung ..."
4. Opera and church music, 1630-1750 Anthony Lewis, Nigel Fortune - 1975 "There are 72 extant motets by Danielis ..."
5. French baroque music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau James R. Anthony, 1978 "Out of 72 petits motets, 32 are by Carissimi, 13 by Daniel Danielis, 7 by Francesco Foggia and 10 each by Robert and Lully."
6. Bulletin de l'Institut archéologique liégeois 79-80 Institut archéologique liégeois "Il y restera jusqu'à sa mort, survenue le 17 septembre 1696. ll ne laisse qu'un très modeste héritage à son fils Daniel-Frédéric-Conrad Danielis, mais aussi, heureusement pour nous, 72 motets dont 54 à 1, 2, ..."
7. Web site: Cessac. Catherine. Catalogne des œuvres de Daniel Danielis. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913055913/http://philidor.cmbv.fr/Publications/Catalogues-d-auteur/Catalogue-de-l-aeuvre-de-Daniel-Danielis-1635-1696-edition-revue-et-augmentee/Liste-des-aeuvres . 2016-09-13 . philidor.cmbv.fr.