page_title: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
hierarchical_section_title: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
context_page_description: Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French composer of the Baroque era.
  Exceptionally prolific and versatile, Charpentier produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres. His mastery in writing sacred vocal music, above all, was recognized and hailed by his contemporaries.
context_section_description: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (French: [maʁk ɑ̃twan ʃaʁpɑ̃tje]; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era.
  Exceptionally prolific and versatile, Charpentier produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres. His mastery in writing sacred vocal music, above all, was recognized and hailed by his contemporaries.
caption: An engraving from the 1682 Almanach Royal thought to be Charpentier.[1]