New edition based on the first Paris print (1708)
Pierre Du Mage was born in Beauvais around 1676. He received his first music lessons from his father, who was organist at the cathedral. The young man then completed his organ and composition studies with the famous Louis Marchand in Paris. By 1703, he was already titular organist at the royal collegiate church in Saint-Quentin, where the new giant organ had just been completed.
In 1708, the Livre d'Orgue was published, the composer's only known work: a kind of suite of eight pieces in the elegant, brilliant style of his teacher Louis Marchand, which, however, as Du Mage modestly states in the dedication, were not worthy of ‘one of the most perfect instruments in the world’. Du Mage died on 2 October 1751.
Content:
1. Plein Jeu
2. Fugue
3. Trio
4. Tierce en Taille
5. Trompete Bass
6. Récit
7. Duo
8. Grand Jeu
