Paschal de L'Estocart

Paschal de L'Estocart

Genres: renaissance, french, choral, 16th century, psalm

About Paschal de L'Estocart

Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 in Noyon - after 1584) was a French Renaissance composer. Not much of his life is known. He was in Lyons between 1559 and 1565, and was married in the latter year. In his youth he is known to have visited Italy, but the exact years are not known. He was the protégé of the protestant Seigneurs (Lords) de la Marck and in 1582 he worked for Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. In 1584 he was in the service of the Abbot of Valmont; also that year he won the harpe d'argent (the silver harp) on the musical competition (called a "Puy") at Evreux, for his five-voice motet Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum. His works show that he belonged to the Huguenot circles of his days. His style of composing is considered to be quite innovative.

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