Talk:Te Deum (Charpentier)

Te Deum (Charpentier) seems to me more detailed, unfortunately I can´t translate it, I don´t neither speak nor read Italian. --Vejvančický (talk) 13:27, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Modern usage
It is probably best known, in Europe, as the opening music for the Eurovision Song Contest — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.164.67 (talk) 18:53, 26 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, and also many skiing events of the Alpine World Cup. 83.254.154.164 (talk) 14:02, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Instrumentation?
I could find no details about the instruments used in this piece on the web, but I doubt the information in the article:

- String sections in 17th century france did include at least 2 alto parts called haute-contre et taille which were different sizes of violas. So second part is probably not written for violin and instrumentation should be:

Haute-dessus de violon (divisi)/ Haute-contre de violon/ Taille de violon/ Basse de violon

- Continuo: It would surprise me to find any specifications about the Continuo in the manuscript. Instruments in use were: Basses de violon, Basses de viole (tenor or bass viols), Bassoons, Basses de cromorne, organ, harpsichord, theorbo, serpent. NOT a very common instrument by that time: Double basses or any 16 foot string instrument.

- woodwinds: There are many combinations used in modern performances: with or without bassoons, oboes doubling recorders, flageolets, bass recorder etc. Has anybody seen the original manuscript?

Copyright status
Given that the original author died hundreds of years ago, the piece is obviously public domain by now. But I have seen some YouTube videos omit or scramble the Eurovision fanfare to "avoid a copyright strike". How is that possible? Is that something wrong with the Copyright enforcement system of Youtube or is the "Eurovision version" of this centuries old piece of music indeed protected by copyright? If so, why? Is the arrangement, conduction, instrumentation etc. by itself protected by copyright? Or is any given individual performance/recording? Or how does this work? 2001:A62:142C:9802:C15C:FFA8:C202:7093 (talk) 21:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)