Nicolas Grouzy

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Biography

French composer who served as maistre des enfants at the Cathedral of Chartres from 1563 until his death, he is credited with 11 chansons in various publications by Attaingnant, Du Chemin, and Le Roy et Ballard published between about 1549 and 1565. According to Dobbins, Grouzy avoided the typically serious love poems in favor of comic verse.

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Roles

Choirmaster
Composer
Master of choirboys
Teacher
Gender

Male

Events

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Musical source

Composer
1549/1567
Paris (France)

Musical position

Choirmaster
1565/1568
Chartres (France)

Institution: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Chartres (France)

Death

1568-06-08
Chartres (France)

Associated works

3 in database

Argent prend villes et chasteaux Composer
Dy-moy, Vénus, pourquoy as-tu permis Composer
Un bien traicté dira tant qu'il voudra Composer

Argent prend villes et chasteaux Composer

Dy-moy, Vénus, pourquoy as-tu permis Composer

Un bien traicté dira tant qu'il voudra Composer

Variant names

Grousi ; Grousil ; Groussi ; Groussy

Associated people

Frougy (very probable identification)

Bibliography

[Clerval 1899]

Clerval, A., 1899, L’Ancienne maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Chartres: du Ve siècle à la Révolution avec pièces, documents et introd. sur l’emploi des enfants dans l’Office divin aux premiers siècles, Paris http://www.sudoc.fr/045399654.

(pp. 30, 110-115)

[GMO]

S. d., Grove Music Online, Grove Music Online https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/grovemusic/ (consulté le 5 avril 2025).

Projects

Catalogue of French Chansons
Du Chemin Project
Prosopography of Renaissance Singers

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Annie Cœurdevey - Scientific editor

Data collectors

Richard Freedman

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