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Jean Gilles
Person · male · France · Tarascon · born 1668 · died 1705 · recording since 1989
French composer
Also known as ジャン・ジル
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1660s
1700s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Motet à St Jean Baptiste / Trois Lamentations
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
Biography
English biography333 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1259026825
Biography
Jean Gilles (8 January 1668 – 5 February 1705) was a French composer, born at Tarascon.
Biography
After receiving his musical training as a choirboy at the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur at Aix-en-Provence, he succeeded his teacher Guillaume Poitevin as music master there. After moving on several times, he became music master at the Cathedral of St Etienne at Toulouse in 1697, as the successor of André Campra. His musical style was influenced by Campra, as were most musicians of his day. He composed motets and a famous requiem, which was performed for the first time at his own funeral (because the original commissioner thought it too expensive to perform) but was later sung at the funeral services for Jean-Philippe Rameau in 1764, Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland in 1766, and Louis XV in 1774. His motets were played frequently from 1728 to 1771 at the Concert Spirituel. His choral works often alternate passages sung by the soloists with those sung by the chorus. In 1752, in Lettres sur les hommes célèbres du règne de Louis XIV, Pierre-Louis d'Aquin said that Gilles would doubtless have replaced Lalande if he had lived long enough. Gilles died suddenly at the age of 37 in Toulouse.
Selected recordings
The Requiem is one of the most frequently recorded of all French baroque works. Recordings include two early recordings conducted by Louis Frémaux (1957) and (1965), then two landmark recordings conducted by Philippe Herreweghe - the first paired with the Carillon des morts of Michel Corrette (1709-1795) performed by the Collegium Vocale Gent and Musica Antiqua Köln for Archiv (1981) the second with La Chapelle Royale for Harmonia Mundi (1990). Other recordings include the Boston Camerata directed by Joel Cohen (1989), Le Concert Spirituel and Hervé Niquet (2000), and Les Passions directed by Jean-Marc Andrieu (3 different recordings in 2007, 2009, 2012 and a pack of 3 CDs in 2013), Les Folies françoises, Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles conducted by Fabien Armengaud, CD CVS 2023.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -284 | 1.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Motet à St Jean Baptiste / Trois Lamentations
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 58:00
1Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Symphonie et choeur "Cantate Jordanis Incolae"5:192Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Quatuor "ut nunciatus"2:353Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Air ténor "O res mirabilis"2:414Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Choeur "Qui Gestat"2:375Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Air contre-ténor "Redemit Christus"2:456Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Duo soprano-basse "Quantus amor"1:207Motet à Saint Jean Baptiste: Choeur finale "Gaudeat caelum"3:588Lamentation du mercredi soir: Entrée2:149Lamentation du mercredi soir: Beth3:3710Lamentation du mercredi soir: Ghimel2:0711Lamentation du mercredi soir: Daleth4:2612Lamentation du mercredi soir: Heth1:5713Lamentation du mercredi soir: Jerusalem Convertere1:4814Lamentation du jeudi soir: Entrée3:0415Lamentation du jeudi soir: Teth3:2216Lamentation du jeudi soir: Caph2:0517Lamentation du jeudi soir: Jerusalem convertere1:4518Lamentation du vendredi soir: Entrée3:0819Lamentation du vendredi soir: Teth3:2820Lamentation du vendredi soir: Jod2:0021Lamentation du vendredi soir: Jerusalem convertere1:44Requiem / Motet "Beatus quem elegisti"
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:04:37
1Requiem: Introit12:082Requiem: Kyrie2:163Requiem: Graduale3:524Requiem: Offertoire. Domine Jesus Christe5:205Requiem: (Offertoire) Hostias1:406Requiem: (Offertoire) Fac eas Domine0:577Requiem: Sanctus3:038Requiem: Agnus4:179Requiem: Communion4:0410Motet: Symphonie et Air Soprane3:5011Motet: Duo Basses "Replebimus"3:0112Motet: Quintette "Exaudi nos"1:2813Motet: Choeur "Preparans montes"3:1514Motet: Air Basse et Choeur "Qui conturbas"4:0015Motet: Air Tenor et Quatuor "Exitus matutini"4:4816Motet: Choeur final "Pinguescent speciosa deserti"6:38Te Deum / Motet "Diligam te Domine"
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 55:03
1Te Deum: I. Symphonie haute-contre et choeur5:262Te Deum: II. Récit Ténor2:193Te Deum: III. Duo Ténors2:464Te Deum: IV. Choeur4:175Te Deum: V. Trio de Basses-Tailles3:026Te Deum: VI. Air Haute-contre3:127Te Deum: VII. Choeur1:558Te Deum: VIII. Récit Ténor1:299Te Deum: IX. Duo Ténors1:4210Te Deum: X. Récit Soprano2:4711Te Deum: XI. Choeur3:2712Motet "Diligam te Domine": I. Symphonie et ténor4:0313Motet "Diligam te Domine": II. Choeur3:2414Motet "Diligam te Domine": III. Trio d'hommes2:5315Motet "Diligam te Domine": IV. Air et Trio2:1816Motet "Diligam te Domine": V. Choeur3:0117Motet "Diligam te Domine": VI. Duo Basse et Soprano3:1318Motet "Diligam te Domine": VII. Choeur final3:491993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:25
1Requiem: Requiem Aeternam4:012Requiem: Introit15:203Requiem: Kyrie2:214Requiem: Graduel4:215Requiem: Absolve Domine2:316Requiem: Dies Irae7:577Requiem: Offertorium10:378Requiem: Vere Dignum1:549Requiem: Sanctus4:1510Requiem: Qui Lazarum2:3611Requiem: Agnus Dei5:2112Requiem: Post Communion5:11
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jean Gilles head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -284 | 1.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715368seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Gilles_%28composer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q715368 · MusicBrainz: acf5074b-a7b7-4869-9612-a0893f3dfaab
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