Henry Desmarest

About the artist

Henri Desmarets (or Desmarest) (February 1661 in Paris – September 7, 1741 in Lunéville) was a French composer of the middle Baroque period. He was a child prodigy and sang as a boy soprano in the royal chapel. His opera "Endymion" was staged at Versailles in March, 1682. In 1683, King Louis XIV gave Desmarets a 900-livre pension. In 1696, Demartes' wife died. Three years later, Desmarets took a lover, Marie-Marguerite, and was arrested and sentenced to death for helping her flee a convent.

Top songs

1. X. Erubescant
2. I. Usquequo Domine
3. III. Qui emittit
4. VI. Laboravi
5. IX. Exaudivit
6. II. Miserere mei, Domine
7. II. Quamdiu
8. IV. Convertere, Domine
9. VI. Emittet verbum
10. V. Qui tribulant me

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