Marc-Antoine Charpentier
17th-century French composer
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Updated 2026-05-29
Baroque composer whose Te Deum prelude became the Eurovision theme in 1954 and has soundtracked European TV ever since. Charpentier's five-note fanfare is heard by millions annually, making him arguably history's most-played classical composer by sheer broadcast volume.
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier 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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