Gabriel Expilly

[2] The death of Jean Veillot had been the occasion to renew the position of sub-master, which had been divided into quarters (trimesters).

In two stages, it seems that the positions fell to Thomas Gobert, Pierre Robert, Henry Du Mont and Gabriel Expilly.

[6] Around 1678, he worked alongside Charles Le Camus, then around 1688 with Étienne Lemoyne, successor of the previous one, both viol players.

Expilly wrote a significant amount of religious music, which seems to have earned him some esteem from his contemporaries, but his work is completely lost.

This repertoire seems quite similar in function to the one Henry Du Mont produced at the same time: motets (probably with a large chorus) for the stages of divine service and, for elevations, more intimate pieces with a small number of members.