A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Prince de la Moskowa, Joseph
PRINCE DE LA MOSKOWA, Joseph Napoléon Ney, eldest son of Marshal Ney, born in Paris, May 8, 1803. As a lad he showed great aptitude for music, and composed a mass, which was performed at Lucca, where he lived after his father's death. In 1831 he was made 'Pair de France,' but sought distinction in a totally different line from that of his brother the Due d'Elchingen. He contributed to various periodicals, especially some articles in the 'Revue des deux Mondes' and the 'Constitutional,' which excited considerable interest. His love of sport was great, and he was one of the founders of the Jockey Club of Paris. In 1828 he married the only daughter of Laffitte, the banker. The services rendered by the Prince to music are considerable. In connexion with Adolphe Adam he founded the 'Société des Concerts de musique religieuse et classique,' an association for the practice of vocal music, and to this he devoted a great amount of learning, taste, and judgment. We append a catalogue of the works contained in this fine collection (11 vols. 8vo.), published for the Society by the Prince, which has now become very scarce.[1] The Prince lived on intimate terms with Delsarte the singer, and with Niedermeyer the composer, whom he materially assisted in the foundation of his 'Ecole de musique religieuse.' In 1831 a mass of his for voices and orchestra was executed by the pupils of Choron, and called forth the strong encomiums of M. Fétis. Although naturally inclined to the madrigal style and sacred music, he also attempted the theatre, producing at the Opéra Comique, 'Le Cent-Suisse' (June 7, 1840), a one-act piece, which had a considerable run, and 'Yvonne' (March 16, 1855), a one-act opéra comique, a clever imitation of the antique style. The Prince died July 25, 1857, at St. Germain-en-Laye.
| Recueil des morceaux de musique ancienne, etc., vols. i to xi, 8vo. | ||
| Allegri | De Lamentatione Jeremite, à 4 | ii. 153 |
| Do. | Miserere, 2 choirs | ii. 168 |
| Anerio | Ave regina cœlorum, 2 choirs | vi. 183 |
| Do. | Adoramus à 4 | vi. 203 |
| Anonymous | Songs of the Moravian Brothers, à 4 | ii. 235 |
| Do. | Alla Trinita beata, à 4 | ii. 248 |
| Do. | Belle qui tiens ma vie. Pavane à 4 | v. 82 |
| Do. | From an old Noël, sop. solo and chor. | x. 95 |
| Do. | Se questa valle di miseria | x. 115 |
| Arcadelt | Ave Maria, à 4 | ii. 251 |
| Do. | Il bianco e dolce cigno, à 4 | v. 97 |
| J. Sebastian Bach | Tantum ergo, à 4 | ii. 279 |
| Do. | Qui presso (Matthew Passion) | iv. 426 |
| Barbieri | Veni de Libano, à 6 | vi. 271 |
| Benevoli | Sanctus, à 16 | xi. 289 |
| Buononcini | In te Domine, à 4 | viii. 461 |
| Carissimi | O felix anima, à 3 | vi. 266 |
| Do. | Gaudeamus, à 4 | viii. 429 |
| Do. | Surgamus, eamus, à 3 | viii. 450 |
| Do. | Conjugation of hic and hoc, à 4 | xi. 309 |
| Clari | Cantando un di, à 2 | iii. 295 |
| Do. | Non te sdegnar, à 2 | iii. 303 |
| Do. | Addio compagne amene, à 3 | ii. 312 |
| Do. | Gratias agimus, à 5 | viii. 535 |
| Du Caurroy | Noël! Noël! à 4 | x. 107 |
| Colonna | Domine, à 5 | viii. 478 |
| Donato | Villote neapolitana, à 4 | x. 119 |
| Don Juan IV. | Crux fidelis, à 4 | vi. 263 |
| Durante | Christe eleison, à 4 | vi. 278 |
| Gabrieli, A. | Magnificat, 3 choirs | vi. 135 |
| Do. | Benedictus, do. | vi. 163 |
| Do. | Sento un rumor, à 8 | xi. 389 |
| Gabrieli, G. | Magnificat, à 8 | ix. 105 |
| Do. | Miserere, à 6 | ix. 129 |
| Gallus | Media vita, 2 choirs | vi. 211 |
| Do. | Adoramus, à 6 | vi. 223 |
| Do. | Ecce quomodo moritur justus, à 4 | vi. 228 |
| Gastoldi | Viver lieto voglio, à 5 | x. 123 |
| Gesualdo | Gelo ha ma donna, à 5 | v. 102 |
| Do. | Come esser suo, à 5 | v. 108 |
| Gibbons, Orlando | Le vieux chasseur (I tremble not) | xi. 357 |
| Do. | Le croisé captif (The silver swan) | xi. 369 |
| Gluck | Madrigal (Orphée) | iii. 399 |
| Handel | Lascia ch'io pianga, aria | iii. 341 |
| Do. | Ah! mio cor, aria (Alcina) | iii. 346 |
| Do. | Tutta racolta ancor, aria | iii. 352 |
| Do. | Che vai cercando, duet | iii. 365 |
| Do. | Alleluia, chorus | iii. 375 |
| Haydn | E Dio, air (Creation) | iv. 444 |
| Do. | Trio and chorus (Creation) | iv. 459 |
| Do. | Insanæ et vanæ curæ, à 4 | iv. 483 |
| Do. | Vidit suum dulcem natum, air (Stabat) | iv. 515 |
| Do. | Fac me vere, air (Stabat) | iv. 520 |
| Do. | Virgo virginum, 4tet (Stabat) | iv. 527 |
| Do. | Quando corpus, 4tet and chorus (Stabat) | iv. 58 |
| Jannequin | La bataille de Marignan, à 4 | v. 13 |
| Do. | Le chant des oiseaux, à 4 | xi. 333 |
| Josquin des Prés | La déploration de Jean Ockeghem, chorus | v. 2 |
| Leisring | O filii, 2 choirs | ii. 25 |
| Leo | Sicut erat, à 10 | viii. 489 |
| Lotti | Spirto di Dio, madrigal, à 4 | v. 120 |
| Do. | Miserere, à 4 | x. 51 |
| Do. | Benedictus, à 4 | x. 79 |
| Do. | Christe Eleison, à 5 | xi. 305 |
| Lupus | Audivi vocem, à 6 | vi. 233 |
| Maillart | 'Tout au rebours,' Canon à 5 | xi. 382 |
| Marcello | Donde cotanto fremito, chorus | iii. 322 |
| Do. | I cieli immensi, solo and chorus | iii. 333 |
| Do. | Ei fuor dell' acque, à 3 bassi | v. 114 |
| Marenzio | Ah! dispietata | xi. 442 |
| Nanini | Diffusa est, motet, à 4 | vi. 173 |
| Orlando Lasso | Regina cœli, à 4 | ii. 186 |
| Do. | Salve regina, à 4 | ii. 192 |
| Do. | Miserere, à 4 | ii. 199 |
| Do. | Sais-tu dire l'Ave? à 4 | v. 42 |
| Do. | Si le long temps, à 4 | v. 44 |
| Do. | Ce faux amour, à 4 | v. 49 |
| Do. | Fuyons tous d'amour le jeu, à 4 | v. 55 |
| Do. | Bonjour mon cœur, à 4 | v. 56 |
| Do. | Le temps peut bien, à 4 | v. 63 |
| Do. | Je l'aime bien, à 4 | v. 67 |
| Do. | Si vous n'êtes en bon point, à 4 | v. 73 |
| Do. | Per pianto, madrigal, à 5 | v. 76 |
| Do. | Quia cinerem, à 5 | vi. 176 |
| Do. | De Psalmis pœnitentialibus, à 3 and à 4 | ix. 150 |
| Palestrina | Messe du pape Marceli, à 6 | i. 1 |
| Do. | Messe 'Æterna Christi,' à 4 | i. 69 |
| Do. | Stabat, 2 choirs | i. 105 |
| Do. | Fratres ego enim, 2 choirs | i. 131 |
| Do. | Adoramus, à 4 | i. 144 |
| Do. | Pleni sunt, à 3 | i. 146 |
| Do. | Alla riva del Tebro, madrigal, à 4 | i. 149 |
| Do. | Vaghhi pensier, à 4 | v. 85 |
| Do. | La ver l'aurora, à 4 | v. 92 |
| Do. | Tribularer al nescirem, à 6 | vii. 282 |
| Do. | Agnus Dei, à 8 | vii. 312 |
| Do. | Popule meus, 2 choirs | vii. 331 |
| Do. | Canite tubâ, à 5 | vii. 351 |
| Do. | Vinea mea, à 4 | vii. 355 |
| Do. | Una hora, à 4 | vii. 355 |
| Do. | Tantum ergo, à 5 | vii. 363 |
| Do. | In monte Oliveti, à 4 | vii. 367 |
| Do. | Tristis est anima, à 4 | vii. 378 |
| Do. | Esurientes, à 5 | vii. 373 |
| Do. | Corporis mysterium, à 4 | vii. 383 |
| Do. | O bone Jesu, à 4 | vii. 388 |
| Do. | Sicut erat, à 6 | vii. 390 |
| Do. | Dei mater alma, à 4 | vii. 369 |
| Do. | Lauda anima, à 5 | vii. 399 |
| Do. | Hodie Christus natus est, 2 choirs | vii. 407 |
| Do. | Gloria Patri, 2 choirs | vii. 426 |
| Do. | Missa canonica, à 4 | ix. 1 |
| Do. | Requiem, à 5 | ix. 49 |
| Do. | Dies sanctificatus, à 4 | x. 1 |
| Do. | Sicut cervus, à 4 | x. 11 |
| Do. | Idem (in A♭) | x. 17 |
| Do. | Laus, honor, à 6 | x. 23 |
| Do. | Veni sponsa, à 4 | x. 31 |
| Scarlatti | Cor mio, madrigal à 5 | ii. 269 |
| Stradella | Pietà, Signore, aria | iii. 283 |
| Tallis | Kyrie eleison, à 4 | iii. 283 |
| Vittoria | Jesu dulcis memoria, à 4 | vi. 207 |
| Do. | Pueri Hebræorum, à 4 | ii. 254 |
| Do. | O vos omnes, à 4 | ii. 259 |
| Do. | Gloria Patria, à 6 | vi. 253 |
| Do. | O quam gloriosum, à 4 | vi. 259 |
| Do. | Vere languores, à 4 | x. 45 |
| Vulpius | Exultate justi, à 4 | vi. 240 |
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- ↑ There is a copy of this Collection in the British Museum.