Premier livre d'orgue 2 - Fugue Uploaded by: WAF80 Composer: Pierre Du Mage Organ: Prytanée, Levasseur-Dangeville Organ (1640, 1772) Software: Hauptwerk VI Views: 71
Veni Sancte Spiritus Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: Nivers, Guillaume-Gabriel Organ: Rozay en Brie, Notre Dame de la Nativité Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 72
Dialogue sur les Grands jeux Uploaded by: ESchoen Composer: Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733) Organ: Rozay en Brie, Notre Dame de la Nativité Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 132
Fantaisie à 3 sur Regina Coeli Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: du Caurroy, Eustache Organ: Rozay en Brie, Notre Dame de la Nativité Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 295
Pierre du Mage was born in 1674 in Beauvais, a town in northern France. He got his first organ lessons very probably from his father, who was the organist of Beauvais cathedral, which is a remarkable building. With a vault hight of 48.5 meters the choir is the highest one existing in France. Nevertheless, the construction turned out to be beyond architectural means of the time and the cathedral suffered several devastating collapses.
In 1694 Du Mage went to Paris to study with Marchand and Lebegue. In 1710 he was appointed organist of Laon cathedral
Some years later, in 1719 he left music altogether to become a civil servant.
His only surviving work is his first livre d'orgue containing a suite dating form 1708. He is supposed to have composed a second livre d'orgue, but this seems to be lost.