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in Continental Europe, 1450-1500 (Wegman BSCE), a major forerunner of PCR which has ever only been accessible as an unpublished printout of an old database (on the ancestor of all these projects, which never came to life, see Perkins 1987).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

Jane Alden

collab_surname Guillaume Avocat

Hyacinthe Belliot

Bonnie Blackburn

Bruno Bouckaert

Hendrik Callewier

Camilla Cavicchi

Stefano Maria Cingolani

Theodor Dumitrescu

David Fiala

Maya Gerrand

Marco Gurrieri

Andrew Kirkman

Qing Lee

Grantley McDonald

Patrice Nicolas

Ludovic Nys

Frédérique Pilleboue

Alejandro Planchart

Richard Sherr

Jacques Szpirglas

Fañch Thoraval

Philippe Vendrix


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)

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

Roles: Copyist/Scribe

Agostino Agresta fl. 1601-after 1617†

Roles: Composer

Roles: Singer

Alain Grenet (1) fl. 1438-before 1455

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

Alain Grenet (2) fl. 1494-1505

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

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

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

Roles: Dedicator

Antoine Barré fl. 1551-1572

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

Antoine Bruhier fl. circa 1500-1521

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Illegitimate birth ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer ; Teacher

Antoine de Févin circa 1470-1511/1512

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Antoine de Rancon fl. 1558-1592†

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

Antoine Lhéritier fl. 1508-1532

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

Roles: Master of choirboys

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

Barthélemy [Cambrai] [Barthélemy —] fl. 1497

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Barthélemy [Troyes] [Barthélemy —] fl. 1504-1506

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

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

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

— Boynard fl. 1572

Roles: Member of a church (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

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 church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Monastic Order ; Priest ; Singer

Roles: Music printer

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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)

Conrad Reiniger fl. 1508-1547

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

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

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)

Denis Prioris fl. 1491-1515†

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

Didier Lupi fl. 1548/1559

Roles: Composer

Roles: Composer

Ebran fl. 1543/1559

Roles: Composer

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Priest

Elimot fl. 1515/1530

Roles: Composer

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

Roles: Music copyist

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Étienne Brissart fl. 1556-1567

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

Étienne Brullé fl. 1509-1512

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

Étienne Colombel fl. 1458-1487

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

Roles: Singer

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

Étienne Girard fl. 1502/1503

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

Étienne Huvette fl. 1385-1447

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

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

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

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

Galfridus de Anglia fl. circa 1460

Roles: Composer

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

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Giacomo Vincenti fl. 1583/1604

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

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

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)

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

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)

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Cousin fl. 1506-1519

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

Guillaume Dargentel fl. 1473-1490†

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Deschamps fl. 1472/1477

Roles: Master of choirboys

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)

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

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

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

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

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

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

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

Isaac Lhéritier fl. 1531-1547

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

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)

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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)

Roles: Singer

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)

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

Jaspar Atro fl. 1516

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean Barbé fl. 1486-1507†

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

Jean Basiron fl. 1468-1495†

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

Jean Beaugendre circa 1400-fl. 1422

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

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

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 Cardon fl. 1574

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

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

Jean Coulommiers fl. 1384-1399†

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Jean Cousin fl. 1501/1523

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

Jean d’Ambrun fl. 1383-1394

Roles: Member of a court chapel (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)

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean de Hamencourt fl. 1383-1404

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (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 Montul fl. circa 1509-1509

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

Roles: Music copyist

Jean Doublet fl. 1532/1540

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Jean Du Moncel fl. 1493-1531†

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

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)

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

Jean Dupont fl. 1385

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

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

Roles: Bassus ; 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 Grosseteste fl. 1379-1417†

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

Jean Guerin (Bourges) fl. 1529-1532†

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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)

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Jean Leroy fl. 1574

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 Paesnel fl. circa 1421

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Singer

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

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

Roles: Singer

Jean Picard fl. 1369

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

Jean Pierre fl. 1362

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

Roles: Singer

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 Rogier fl. 1578

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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

Jean Servin 1529-1609

Roles: Composer ; Dedicator

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

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)

Roles: Composer ; Singer

Roles: Composer ; Monastic Order ; Music copyist

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Josse de Colvenaire fl. 1495-1529

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

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

— Lalongne fl. circa 1509

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

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

Léonard Barre fl. 1537-after 1555

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

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

— Lereux fl. 1574

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

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

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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 Brissart fl. 1506-1522

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Roles: 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

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

Nicaise Deulin fl. 1500-1510

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

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a princely/private household

Nicolas Ausquier fl. 1474/1476

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

Nicolas Cauchoys fl. 1576-1581

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

Nicolas de Marle fl. 1544-circa 1568

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys

Nicolas Du Chemin fl. 1549-1576†

Roles: Employer/Patron ; Music printer

Nicolas Grouzy fl. 1565-1568†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Teacher

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

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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

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

Noël Papot fl. before 1580

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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)

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

Roles: Composer

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Organist

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)

Roles: Composer

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Pierre Carré fl. 1578/1581

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

Pierre Cerveau fl. 1573-1581

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

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 de Montfort fl. 1456-1468

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Organist

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

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 Grosseteste fl. 1436-1463

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

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

Roles: Singer

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

Roles: Choirboy ; Singer

Pierre Moulu 1485-fl. 1513

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

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

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

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Robert — fl. 1573

Roles: Singer

Robert Ballard circa 1525-1588

Roles: Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Robert de La Rue fl. circa 1533

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Master of choirboys

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

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

Robertus de Anglia fl. 1454-1474

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singing teacher

Rocco Rodio circa 1535-after 1615

Roles: Composer ; Music theorist

Roger de Forty fl. 1453/1454

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

Rogier [Rogelet] (Cambrai) [Rogier —] fl. 1441/1449

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

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

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 Le Corier fl. 1362-1393†

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

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

Stefano Vanneo 1493-fl. 1533

Roles: Choirmaster ; Member of a church (musician) ; Monastic Order ; Music theorist ; Organist

Roles: Singer

Thomas France fl. 1472-1490

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

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

Tielman Susato 1510/1515-...

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Tomaso Pecci 1576-1604

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

Roles: Singer

Toussains Prieur fl. 1363-1427†

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

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)

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

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

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