Clément Janequin

circa 1485-after 1558

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Biography

Clément Janequin (c. 1485-after 1558) was a leading composer of French secular music during the 1530s through 1550’s. He wrote over 250 chansons in all. They range widely in musical style, but show rhythmic vitality, a subtle sense of melodic organization, and a great talent for the vivid representation of narrative and descriptive texts. No other composer is represented by more works in Du Chemin’s chansons nouvelles.

Freedman Richard

Information

  • Roles

    Choirmaster
    Cleric
    Composer
    Instrumentalist
    Master of choirboys
    Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
    Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
    Member of a court chapel (musician)
    Singer
    Student

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

16 in database

Birth

circa 1485
Châtellerault (France)

Musical position

Master of choirboys
1507-07-31
Luçon (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Luçon, Luçon (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
1525/1529
Saint-Émilion (France)

Religious position

Cleric
1525/1529
Bordeaux (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1526/1528
Saint-Michel-de-Rieufert (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
circa 1530
Garrosse (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
circa 1530
Mézos (France)


Institution: Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Mézos, Mézos (France)

Musical position

Master of choirboys
1531
Auch (France)


Institution: Sainte-Marie d’Auch, Auch (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1533
Brossay (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1533
Avrillé (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
circa 1534
Angers (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, Angers (France)

Musical position

Choirmaster
1534/1537
Angers (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, Angers (France)

General education

Student
1548
Angers (France)

Benefice

Member of a church (lower ranked officer)
1548
Unverre (France)

Musical position

Member of a court chapel (musician)
1555
Paris (France)


Institution: Chapelle royale de France, France (France)

Death

after 1558
Paris (France)

Associated works

57 in database

  • Une fillette bien gorriere embrassa ung vert vestu Composer
  • Ung coup d'essay premeir qu baller gaige Composer
  • Un gros prieur son petit filz baisoit Composer
  • Ung viellart amoureux est souvent malcontent Composer
  • Une fillette bien gorriere embrassa ung vert vestu Composer
  • Ung coup d'essay premeir qu baller gaige Composer
  • Un gros prieur son petit filz baisoit Composer
  • Ung viellart amoureux est souvent malcontent Composer
  • Pourquoy font bruit Composer
  • Quare fremuerunt gentes Composer
  • Qui au conseil, Janequin Composer
  • Qui au conseil, Janequin Composer
  • Pourquoy font bruit Composer
  • Quare fremuerunt gentes Composer
  • Qui au conseil, Janequin Composer
  • Qui au conseil, Janequin Composer

Variant names

Jannekin ; Jannequin ; Jehannequin ; Jennekin ; Jennequin

Associated people

No associated person.

Bibliography

[Clément Janequin]

Halévy, O., His, I. et Vignes, J., 2013, Clément Janequin: un musicien au milieu des poètes :, Paris, France.

[Hachem 2016]

Hachem, N., 2016, Nouveaux éléments biographiques sur Clément Janequin, Revue de Musicologie, 102, p. 131‑142 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24750976 (consulté le 28 mars 2025).

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Richard Freedman - Biography author

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Freedman Richard, Clément Janequin, in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/309/] (accessed 09 December 2025).

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