Daniel Danielis

{{Short description|Belgian composer}} '''Daniel Danielis''' (Visé near Liège 1635- Vannes 1696) was a Belgian composer. He studied at Maastricht and was organist at Saint Lambert's Church.<ref>New Grove Vol.15</ref><ref>''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... "</ref> Between 1661 and 1681 he served as ''Kapellmeister'' at the court of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. In 1684 he became ''maître de musique'' at Vannes Cathedral.<ref>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 ..."</ref>

==Works, editions and recordings== Surviving works include 72 ''petits motets,''<ref>''Opera and church music, 1630-1750'' Anthony Lewis, Nigel Fortune - 1975 "There are 72 extant motets by Danielis ..."</ref> several of them preserved by composer and collector Sébastien de Brossard, another 12 in a collection by Philidor.<ref>''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."</ref> 54 of these motets are for 1 or 2 voices.<ref>''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, ..."</ref> A full catalogue of his works was published by Catherine Cessac, of the CMBV, in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cessac|first=Catherine|date=|title=Catalogne des œuvres de Daniel Danielis|url=http://philidor.cmbv.fr/Publications/Catalogues-d-auteur/Catalogue-de-l-aeuvre-de-Daniel-Danielis-1635-1696-edition-revue-et-augmentee/Liste-des-aeuvres|url-status=live|archive-url=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 |archive-date=2016-09-13 |access-date=|website=philidor.cmbv.fr}}</ref>

'''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

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