The Prosopography of Renaissance Singers (PCR, after its original French title: Prosopographie des chantres de la Renaissance) is a database of biographies of professional singers employed in European princely chapels and major churches from c. 1350 to c. 1600. To this day, the database collects about 4500 entries which are progressively processed before being made public on the website. These files gather a wide variety of structured data on the singers, such as the multilingual variants of their names, their dates and places of activities, the identification of their patrons or their ecclesiastical and beneficial careers, together with their fully written-out biographies. Though the PCR inevitably includes most composers of the late middle ages and early modern period, its priority is to feed the biographies of their fellow colleagues who were employed in the same establishments but, not having been identified as authors of musical works, have received much less attention from musicologists and historians. The PCR is an ongoing project. Draft biographies stored in the back office are periodically validated for online publication and it is regularly enriched with new entries.

Project history
Originating as en enlargment of the prosopographical appendices of David Fiala's doctoral dissertation on the musicians of the court of Burgundy in the later 15th century (Fiala 2002), the project began in 2007 with a research campaign funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), in collaboration with the University of Rouen, the Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR) of the University of Tours, the CNRS and Le STUDIUM: Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies. In 2010, the PCR was aligned with the information from Rob Wegman's Bibliography of Singers in Continental Europe, 1450-1500 (Wegman BSCE), a major forerunner of PCR which has ever only been accessible as an unpublished printout of an old database (on the ancestor of all these projects, which never came to life, see Perkins 1987). A further important step in the enrichment of the database was the systematic inclusion of the biographies of all singers employed in French Saintes-Chapelles in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, in the frame of another project funded by the ANR in 2011-2015 (for the Saintes-Chapelles of Paris and Bourges: Szpirglas 2015). A first public online interface was released in 2017, which gives full access to 4557 entries but in very diverse editorial states (link below). This old interface, which has not been maintained, nor corrected nor enriched since then, is now being replaced by this one, which offers much more editorial control and structured data.

Scope and caracteristics of the database
The database primarily collects the results of biographical research concerning singers active in institutions of France, the Low Countries and Italy, but also considers the activities of singers in Spain, Germany and other European countries. There are different kinds of entries in the database. The user will find entries in progress, which propose just a few pieces of information, as well as complete entries, available in French and English. The user can query these by full-text search. Such queries are more successful in French than in English, as a large number of biographies are in French.

The PCR data model rests on the principle of biographies structured as series of events. An event is a nexus of data situated in time and connecting an individual to various elements such as : event type, role, place, institution. The production of events being the most time-consuming task of the PCR, they are only progressively attached to the biographies. The quality and precision of the results of advanced searches are directly depending on the availibity of corresponding events.

PCR side ressources
Beside its bibliography of several hundreds of references, the PCR maintains its own reference list of archival repositories accross Europe, while references to the documentation kept in libraries follow RISM sigla. It also maintains generic tools such as a multilingual thesaurus of given names (and their diminutives) which facilitates identifications accross different contexts, or tables of music patrons and musical establishments.

Musicologists interested in contributing are invited to contact the responsible of the project, David Fiala.

Files

Sample of 65 PCR bilingual biographies in French and English, December 2008

External links

Former interface of PCR (2017) (Full access to the data of the PCR in their 2017 stage, in very diverse editorial states)

Bibliography

[Fiala 2002]

Fiala, D., 2002, Le mécénat musical des ducs de Bourgogne et des princes de la maison de Habsbourgs : 1467-1506 : étude documentaire et prosopographique, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à Tours, 2002 http://www.sudoc.fr/069901945.

[Perkins 1987]

Perkins, L. L., 1987, RENARC: A Data Base of Archival References concerning Music and Musicians of the Renaissance, Acta Musicologica, 59, p. 300‑307 https://www.jstor.org/stable/932950 (consulté le 12 septembre 2025).

[Szpirglas 2015]

Szpirglas, J., 2015, Prosopographie des musiciens des Saintes-Chapelles de Paris (1248 - ca1640) et de Bourges (1405 - ca1640), Thèse de doctorat soutenue à , 2015 https://theses.fr/2015TOUR2027 (consulté le 27 avril 2024).

[Wegman BSCE]

Wegman, R. C., 1990, Bibliography of singers in Continental Europe (1450-1500) https://www.academia.edu/128192308/Rob_C_Wegman_Bibliography_of_Singers_in_Continental_Europe_1990_.

Contributors

Alden Jane

Avocat Guillaume

Belliot Hyacinthe

Bouckaert Bruno

Callewier Hendrik

Cavicchi Camilla

Cingolani Stefano Maria

Dumitrescu Theodor

Fiala David

Gurrieri Marco

Kirkman Andrew

McDonald Grantley

Nicolas Patrice

Nys Ludovic

Pilleboue Frédérique

Planchart Alejandro

Sherr Richard

Szpirglas Jacques

Vendrix Philippe

Abel fl. 1540

Roles: Composer

Abel Patuges fl. 1532/1535

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Adam [Adam —] fl. circa 1430

Roles: Composer

Adam Hocquet fl. 1414-1446†

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

A. de Leonibus fl. 1479/1482

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Adolphe de la Verde Rue fl. 1506/1520

Roles: Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer)

Adrian Henri dit Frelorion [Adrian Henrici] fl. 1503/1507

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Adrian Le Roy circa 1520-1598

Roles: Composer ; Employer/Patron ; Instrumentalist ; Lutenist ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Adrian Willaert fl. 1515-1562†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Teacher

Adrien Basin fl. 1456-1498†

Roles: Cleric ; Composer ; Member of a confraternity ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

Aegidius Tschudi 1505-1572

Roles: Copyist/Scribe

Agostino Agresta fl. 1601-after 1617†

Roles: Composer

Albaen Brifout fl. 1515/1517

Roles: Priest ; Singer

Alexandre Huppillon fl. 1486/1487

Roles: Master of choirboys

Amable Amy fl. 1508

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer

Andreas de Silva fl. 1513-1522

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

André Pitard fl. 1610

Roles: Dedicator

Antoine Barré fl. 1551-1572

Roles: Bookseller ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Music printer ; Singer

Antoine de Févin circa 1470-1511/1512

Roles: Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Antoine de Rancon fl. 1558-1592†

Roles: Bassus ; Member of a church (musician) ; Priest ; Singer

Antoine Morin fl. before 1570-1609†

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Antonius Hucher fl. 1538/1550

Roles: Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Arnoldus de Salice fl. 1476

Roles: Master of choirboys

Arnulphus de Saint-Ghislain fl. circa 1400

Roles: Writer/Scientist

Ascanio Mayone circa 1565-1627

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Ascanio Meo fl. 1589-1616

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a church (musician)

Balthasar Arthopius fl. 1530-1534†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist

Bartolomeo Le Roy fl. 1570-1599†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Benedictus Appenzeller before 1488-after 1558

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Bertrand Du Pré fl. 1475-1481†

Roles: Master of choirboys

— Bonnet fl. 1509/1510

Roles: Music copyist

Bonus Radulphi (Bon Raoul) fl. 1494-1509

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Buval fl. circa 1610

Roles: Copyist/Scribe ; Music copyist

Camillo Lambardi circa 1560-1634

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a church (musician) ; Organist ; Tenor

Caron fl. 1557/1559

Roles: Composer

Charles (Carlo) de Launay 1460/1465-1506

Roles: Altus ; Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Singing teacher ; Superius

Charles d'Argentil fl. 1525-1557†

Roles: Bassus ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Monastic Order ; Priest ; Singer

Charles Pesnot fl. 1578

Roles: Music printer

Christophe Charlet fl. 1474-1505†

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Claude Le Petit fl. 1465-1479

Roles: Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Claude Petit Jean fl. 1562-1592

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys

Claudin de Sermisy fl. 1508-1562†

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

Clément Janequin circa 1485-after 1558

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

Clément Petit fl. 1378-1399†

Roles: Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)

Colinet de Lannoy fl. 1477-before 1497†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Daniel Guichart fl. 1588

Roles: Composer ; Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Master of choirboys

Dattilo Roccia 1570/1580-after 1617

Roles: Composer ; Singer

David de Lannoy fl. 1461-1479

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest ; Singer ; Tenor

Denis de Hollain fl. 1470-1503†

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)

Didier Lupi fl. 1548/1559

Roles: Composer

Donato Antonio Spano 1585/1590-...

Roles: Composer

Ebran fl. 1543/1559

Roles: Composer

Egidius de Flagiaco fl. 1336

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Priest

Elimot fl. 1515/1530

Roles: Composer

Elzéar Genet dit Carpentras fl. 1505-1548†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Ernoult de Thalice fl. 1470

Roles: Music copyist

Étienne Boutdumonde fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Étienne Brullé fl. 1509-1512

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Music copyist

Étienne Huvette fl. 1385-1447

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Ettore de La Marra

Roles: Composer

Eustache Ausquier fl. 1455-1463

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician)

Firmin Le Clerc fl. 1519/1520

Roles: Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

Foliot fl. 1490/1515

Roles: Composer

Forestier fl. 1538/1541

Roles: Composer

Francesco Genvino 1580/1585-before 1633

Roles: Composer

Francesco Lambardi circa 1587-1642

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Organist

Francesco Roccia 1582-after 1613

Roles: Composer ; Organist

François Bernard 1572†

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

François Chastelain fl. 1529-1540†

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Music copyist (no known copy identified) ; Singer

François Dulot fl. 1514-1531

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys

Gaspar van Weerbeke fl. circa 1468-1517

Roles: Altus ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a confraternity ; Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Priest ; Singer

Gauthier Vrankenzonne fl. 1462-1469

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Music copyist ; Music copyist (no known copy identified)

Gerard Bruyne fl. 1342-1370

Roles: Choirmaster ; First Chaplain ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Germain Le Boudier fl. 1568-1581

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys

Gervais Quotin fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Gilles — fl. 1305

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Gilles Brunel fl. 1410-1432

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

Gilles Flannel alias L'Enfant fl. 1418-1466†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Priest ; Singer

Gilles Grandin 1405/1408-fl. 1465

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Gilles Joye [van den Abeele] fl. 1439-1483†

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Gilles Laury fl. 1431-1451†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Gilles Mureau fl. 1462-1512†

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Organist ; Pilgrim ; Singer

Giorgio Mireau fl. 1549-1575†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Giovanni de Macque 1548/1550-1614

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Organist ; Student ; Teacher

Giovanni Maria Trabaci circa 1575-1647

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist

Giovanni Vittorio Maiello

Roles: Composer

Girardin — fl. 1305

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Girolamo Montesardo circa 1580-fl. 1609

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist ; Singer

Guido Poullie fl. 1435-1439

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Guillaume Bassillon fl. 1564

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Bertel fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Dargentel fl. 1473-1490†

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest

Guillaume de La Couste fl. 1551

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Dore fl. 1463-1474†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Guillaume Du Fay circa 1397-1474

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Priest

Guillaume Faugues fl. 1462-1471

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Guillaume Forest 1464†

Roles: Involved in a criminal case ; Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Gomont fl. circa 1517-1527

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Guéroult alias Seigneur de Brusquet 1507-1569

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Printer/Publisher ; Writer/Scientist

Guillaume Le Métayer (Modiatoris) alias de Malebecque circa 1405-1465

Roles: Choirboy ; Cleric ; Composer ; Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Le Rouge fl. 1449-1465

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Guillaume Lonnet fl. before 1510-1528

Roles: Choirboy ; Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer ; Student

Guillaume Petit fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Pietrequin fl. 1502-1528

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume — [Rennes] fl. 1417

Roles: Organist

Guillaume Richafort fl. 1507-1541†

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Priest

Guillermus Parvus fl. 1441-1466

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic)

Henri Brumel 1476-fl. 1501

Roles: Master of choirboys

Henricus de Campis fl. 1534/1549

Roles: Bookseller ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Henricus Morinensis fl. circa 1510

Roles: Composer

Henri de Corbeil fl. 1480/1481

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Hotin Compere fl. 1472-circa 1474†

Roles: Choirboy

Hotinet (Jean) Barra fl. 1510-1550†

Roles: Altus ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Priest ; Singer

Hugues Ferret fl. 1385/1418

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic) ; Singer

Jacobus Ranucius fl. 1433/1435

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Jacobus Tick fl. 1454-1463

Roles: Choirmaster ; Succentor (ecclesiastical office)

Jacques de Fécamp fl. 1384-1414†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jacques de Fourchet fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Jacques Lienart fl. 1422

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jacques Ragot fl. 1424-1465†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jan Blijman fl. 1468-1510†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer ; Succentor (ecclesiastical office) ; Tenor

Jan die Gruyter fl. 1508/1525

Roles: Organist

Jan Gruter fl. 1491-1509†

Roles: Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Jannes Petitto fl. 1491/1493

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jaspaert van den Kerchove alias de Atrio fl. after 1470-1500†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Jaspar Atro fl. 1516

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean Abidon fl. 1379-1389

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Barbé fl. 1486-1507†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest ; Singer

Jean Beaugendre circa 1400-fl. 1422

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Jean Bonnet dit Lienard fl. 1462-1465

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Boulenger alias Petit Jean fl. 1406/1416

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Jean Boussart dit Antitus fl. 1488-1504†

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Jean Brunet fl. 1437/1448

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)

Jean Charvet alias Petit Jean fl. 1407-1463

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a princely/private household

Jean Cousin fl. 1523/1524

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Cousin (Sens) fl. 1501/1523

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Daule fl. 1460/1467

Roles: Member of a princely/private household ; Monastic Order

Jean de Decker fl. 1470/1476

Roles: Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer)

Jean de Fairechin fl. 1440

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean de La Haye fl. 1436-1444

Roles: Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Jean de Lannoy fl. 1447-before 1490†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean de Thalice fl. 1470

Roles: Music copyist

Jean Doublet fl. 1532/1540

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Jean Du Moulin fl. 1518-1563†

Roles: Choirboy ; Composer ; Dedicatee/Owner ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Dupont fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Jean Forest fl. 1473

Roles: Member of a princely/private household ; Priest

Jean Fortry fl. 1455-1468†

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Gontier fl. circa 1417

Roles: Organist

Jean Guerin (Bourges) fl. 1529-1532†

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Guerin (Langres) fl. 1485/1486

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean Guyot de Châtelet circa 1512-1588

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Student ; Succentor (ecclesiastical office)

Jean Herlevin fl. 1444/1445

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Jean Hurtault fl. 1490/1491

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Lebuef fl. 1362

Roles: Composer ; Monastic Order

Jean Leclerc (Sens) fl. 1566/1567

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Le Petit alias Ninot Le Petit fl. 1506-1529

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)

Jean Le Pontchenu alias Petit Jean fl. 1493

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean Louard fl. 1504/1505

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Macé fl. 1554/1555

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Jean Maçon fl. 1384/1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Sender or bearer of music score ; Singer

Jean Molinet fl. 1503-1523

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Jean Petit alias Baltazar fl. 1488-1502†

Roles: Author or recipient of a letter ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Petit (de Cléry) fl. 1578-1582

Roles: Bassus ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Jean Petit (Paris) 1637†

Roles: Singer

Jean Picard fl. 1369

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Priest

Jean Prestat fl. 1385/1418

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Jean Richafort fl. 1504-circa 1550†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician)

Jean Roussel 1385†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Singer

Jean Servin 1529-1609

Roles: Composer ; Dedicator

Jean Sohier alias Fede 1415-fl. 1481

Roles: Composer ; Involved in a criminal case ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Pilgrim

Jean Thion fl. 1505

Roles: Master of choirboys

Jean Tordoir fl. 1420/1424

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Vincenet fl. 1422-1447†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest

Joachim Richafort fl. 1532-1546

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest

Joachim Richafort Junior fl. 1539

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Tenor

Johannes de Buglhat fl. 1528/1555

Roles: Bookseller ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Johannes de Lupicen [Jean de Louveciennes ?] fl. 1305

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Johannes Le Petijt fl. 1503-1514

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Succentor (ecclesiastical office)

Johannes Marsille fl. 1431-1464

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Johannes Reson fl. 1425/1435

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (musician)

Johannes Saliceus / de Salice fl. circa 1480

Roles: Composer ; Singer

Johannes Vavassoris fl. 1373

Roles: Composer ; Monastic Order ; Music copyist

Joseph Demorant fl. 1551

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

— Lalongne fl. circa 1509

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Léonard Barre fl. 1537-after 1555

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Le Petit, maistre à Lyon fl. 1491

Roles: Author or recipient of a letter ; Dedicator ; Sender or bearer of music score

Louis de Trappières fl. 1558

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer

Louis Petit fl. 1470/1471

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer

Lucas de Bruxelles fl. 1494/1496

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Macé Potin fl. 1491-1497

Roles: Involved in a criminal case ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Martin Savineau fl. 1420/1440

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Mathieu Sohier fl. 1533-1548

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Priest

Mathurin Forestier fl. 1500/1520

Roles: Composer

Matthias Cocquel [de Hane] fl. 1446-1487†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Messire Lucas [Lucas —] fl. 1501-1506†

Roles: Member of a confraternity ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Michel Bense fl. 1559-1560†

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Singer

Michel Touppe fl. 1492-1511†

Roles: Cleric ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Michel Tournatoris fl. 1598-1641†

Roles: Instrumentalist ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Music copyist ; Organist ; Priest

Mutio Effrem 1549-after 1640

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Editor ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Nicaise de La Place [de Platea] fl. 1432-1439†

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician)

Nicolas Ausquier fl. 1474/1476

Roles: Copyist/Scribe ; Member of a church (musician) ; Music copyist

Nicolas de Marle fl. 1544-circa 1568

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys

Nicolas Grouzy fl. 1565-1568†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Teacher

Nicolas Vauquet fl. 1588

Roles: Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Master of choirboys

Nicole d'Aussonville fl. 1565/1566

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Nicole de Bonneil fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Nicole Grenon 1382-1456

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Priest ; Singer

Olivier Le Crec fl. 1555-1582†

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)

Pasquet Busquet fl. 1469-1491†

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Pasquier Blijman fl. 1469-1507/1508†

Roles: Cleric ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Pasquier Coutel fl. 1434-1490†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Pasquier des Prez [van der Mersch, de Prato] fl. 1450-1481†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Pasquin fl. 1472-1497†

Roles: Composer

Pasquin Louis alias d'Ardembourg fl. 1468-circa 1491†

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Petit Jan [Jan —] fl. circa 1475

Roles: Composer

Petrus Pirrinus 1506-fl. 1521

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

Petrus vanden Haghe fl. 1486

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Organist

Philippe Paillette alias Philippot de Bruges circa 1475-1523

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a confraternity ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest ; Singer

Philippet de Pres fl. circa 1475

Roles: Composer

Philippon Des Hayes fl. 1454/1479

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Piero Delapiazza fl. 1482/1485

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Tenor

Pierre Attaingnant circa 1494-1551/1553

Roles: Employer/Patron ; Music printer

Pierre Basiron fl. 1458-1529†

Roles: Choirboy ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)

Pierre Biaumont fl. 1503

Roles: Composer

Pierre de Calonne fl. 1450-1503†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Pilgrim ; Tenor

Pierre Dupuys fl. 1465

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Priest

Pierre Du Wez (Cambrai) fl. 1443-1483†

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Priest ; Tenor

Pierre Euvrart fl. 1437-1472†

Roles: Master of choirboys

Pierre Franchome fl. 1455-1466†

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (higher ecclesiastic) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Pierre Gontier fl. circa 1417

Roles: Organist

Pierre Lescuier (Scutiferi) fl. 1420-1465†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Pierre Mérat fl. 1585

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Pierre Mestinier fl. 1554

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer

Pieter van der Straeten fl. 1469-1489

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Tenor

Pietrequin [Dijon] [Pietrequin —] fl. 1520/1521

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Pietro Petitto fl. 1503/1526

Roles: Choirmaster

Pomponio Nenna 1556-1608

Roles: Composer

Quentin Caveron fl. 1414/1415

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Raoul Le Mesle fl. 1458/1459

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer ; Tenor

Richard Quesneau fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Robert de Thinille [Thiville ?] 1499-fl. after 1516

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Robert Gadiffer fl. 1457-circa 1470

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Tenor

Robert Goussu fl. before 1575-after 1591

Roles: Choirboy ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Robert le Canonne fl. 1449-1469

Roles: Choirboy ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Robert Morton fl. 1457-1483†

Roles: Cleric ; Composer ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Priest

Robert Presel alias Bynet fl. 1498-1521†

Roles: Bassus ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Music copyist ; Priest ; Singer ; Tenor

Rocco Rodio circa 1535-after 1615

Roles: Composer ; Music theorist

Rutger van Geldrop alias Rut de Brabantia [Rogier van Geldrop] fl. 1472-1501†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Scipione Cerreto circa 1551-circa 1633

Roles: Composer ; Lutenist ; Music theorist

Scipione Dentice 1560-1633

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist

Siger (Sohier) de Nerin fl. 1456-1463†

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Simon de Bonefont fl. 1551/1557

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Teacher

Simone Molinaro circa 1565-1634

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Editor ; Lutenist

Simon Guerin fl. 1572-1579†

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Simon Laloux fl. 1459-1467

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Simon Mellet fl. 1431-1481†

Roles: Cleric ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Music copyist ; Priest

Stefano Felis 1538-1603

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Priest

Thomas France fl. 1472-1490

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Thomas Le Lièvre alias Leporis fl. 1444-1481

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Noble birth ; Pilgrim

Tomaso Pecci 1576-1604

Roles: Composer ; Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Member of a princely/private household

Touteau fl. 1556/1562

Roles: Composer

Valentin Sohier fl. 1539/1556

Roles: Composer

Vincent Breion fl. 1408-1463†

Roles: Illegitimate birth ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a church (musician)

Vincent du Bruecquet alias Vincenet fl. 1450-1479†

Roles: Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Organist ; Singer

Waghe Feustrier fl. 1457-1475†

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Music copyist ; Priest

Ylaire Baron alias Turluron fl. 1502-1524†

Roles: Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

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