Gilles Bracquet

fl. 1551-1559

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Biography

Flemish composer who served as priest in the town of Ypres between 1551 and 1555, he became maistre de chant at Notre Dame de Paris starting in 1559 (BNDC [Lesure & Thibault 1953], after F-AN, LL 297, p. 92, dated 21.3.1559). Six chansons are ascribed to him in publications of Du Chemin and Waelrant.

Fiala David

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  • Roles

    Composer
    Master of choirboys
    Priest

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)
Religious position

Priest
1551/1555
Leper (Belgium)


Institution: Sint-Maartenskathedraal Ieper, Leper (Belgium)

Musical position

Master of choirboys
1559
Paris (France)


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

Variant names

Bracket ; Bracquets ; Bracquetz ; Braquet

Associated people

Adrien Bracquet (Unknow but possible familial link)

Bibliography

[BNDC [Lesure & Thibault 1953]]

Lesure, F. et Thibault, G., 1953, Bibliographie des éditions musicales publiées par Nicolas Du Chemin (1549-1576), Annales Musicologiques, 1, p. 269‑373 https://archive.org/details/bibliographie-des-editions-musicales-publiees-par-nicolas-du-chemin-par-f.-lesure-et-g.-thibault-dvg.
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Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Annie Cœurdevey - Scientific editor

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Fiala David, Gilles Bracquet, in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/106/] (accessed 07 October 2026).

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