Background
He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral.
He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral.
Foreign this post he wrote sacred and secular music, for voice or voices and lute or continuo. He also wrote music to accompany the ballet or other dances. He taught Gaston"s daughter, Mlle de Montpensier.
Moulinié worked for Gaston until the latter"s death in 1660, at which point he was forced to find new employment.
Foreign this he returned to his birthplace of Languedoc. Moulinié wrote in the genres of airs de cour and airs à boire.
His airs de cour are strophic and syllabic, but generally freer than others in the genre. His work may have been influenced by music of other countries, including the dance music of Spain and Italy.
His songs, and their new texts, became very well traveled, being translated into German and Dutch, one being published far away by the Prussian musician Heinrich Albert (Königsberg, 1648).