Background
From 1719 to 1731 Morin was Maître de musique of Louise Adélaïde d"Orléans, daughter of the Duke, at the royal abbey of Chelles, near Paris. Morin was born in Orléans.
From 1719 to 1731 Morin was Maître de musique of Louise Adélaïde d"Orléans, daughter of the Duke, at the royal abbey of Chelles, near Paris. Morin was born in Orléans.
He penned numerous works, including most famously a set of cantatas (published between 1706 and 1712). These provided a fusion of a French with the Italian style then popular at the Regent"s court. Morin noted in the preface to the 1706 edition his efforts "to retain the sweetness of the French style of melody, but with greater variety in the accompaniments, and employing those tempos and modulations characteristic of the Italian cantata." Morin dedicated the volume to his royal sponsor.
He published also two famous books of (petits) Motets (1704/2nd ed 1748.
1709) and a Processional for Chelles (1726). 73. Morin died in Paris in 1745 (and not 1754: cf his "Inventaire après décès" in Paris, Archives nationales).