Plaude Laetare Gallia

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Lully's manuscript "Plaude Laetare Gallia"
The Grand Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XIV. (The Sun King)

Plaude laetare Gallia is a motet by Jean-Baptiste Lully (music) and Pierre Perrin (text), written to celebrate the baptism of King Louis XIV's son, the Grand Dauphin Louis, on 24 March 1668 (when he was 7 years old), at the chapel of the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Plaude laetare Gallia contains three parts: [1]

  1. Symphonie
  2. O Jesu vita precantium
  3. Vivat regnet princeps fidelis

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