Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier ( French: [maʁk ɑ̃twan ʃaʁpɑ̃tje] ; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV . One of his most famous works is the prelude of his Te Deum H.146, Marche en rondeau , which has been used as the theme song fanfare before television broadcasts of the Eurovision Network since the inception of the European Broadcasting Union in 1954.

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