Charpentier

[ shar-pahn-tyey ]

noun

1. Gus·tave [g, y, -, stav], 1860–1956, French composer.
2. Marc An·toine [m, a, r, k ah, n, -, twan], 1634–1704, French composer.

Charpentier

/ ʃarpɑ̃tje /

noun

1. CharpentierGustave18601956MFrenchMUSIC: composer Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
2. CharpentierMarc-Antoine?16451704MFrenchMUSIC: composer Marc-Antoine. ?1645–1704, French composer, best known for his sacred music, particularly the Te Deum

Example Sentences

Charpentier retorted by two laboured volumes, De l'excellence de la langue franoise , and finally won the day.

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(illustrated); Charpentier, Dentu, Hetzel and Lemerre have each published portions of his work.

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I have never been very friendly with this Charpentier; and now for twenty miles of the way I could not draw a word from him.

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Still, I thought of the tone of his voice when he said to Charpentier that a soldier must not choose, but must obey.

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In the square opposite we see the curious piece of statuary: des Boulangers, by Charpentier.

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