Te Deum (Charpentier)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed six Te Deum settings, but only four of them have survived.^[1] Largely because of the great popularity of its prelude, the best known is the Te Deum in D major, H.146, written as a grand motet for soloists, choir, and instrumental accompaniment probably between 1688 and 1698, during Charpentier's stay at the Jesuit Church of Saint-Louis in Paris, where he held the position of musical director.^[1]

It is thought that the composition was performed to mark the victory celebrations and the Battle of Steinkirk in August, 1692.^{[citation needed]}