Jean Doublet

fl. 1532/1540

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Biography

Organist at Beauvais cathedral in 1532 (probably till 1540), where a new organ was built in 1531-1532 (Desjardin 1865, p. 73). Two chansons were published by Attaingnant in 1536 which set quatrains of 10- and 11-syllable verses. While Combien que j'ay displays imitation of head motives of the various points throughout and a balanced form (aba) following the text structure, the texture of the through-composed Je vouldroye bien also employs paired voices and a higher degree of homophony. Embellishments intersperse its syllabic text setting mainly at the beginning. A third chanson is preserved incompletely in a manuscript dated 1552, presumably copied in the Low Countries.

It seems unlikely that this musician has any link with the later poet Jean Doublet, whose familial network in Dieppe has been documented.

McDonald Grantley
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BNF

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Information

  • Roles

    Composer
    Organist

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)
Geographical origins

Beauvais (France)

Musical position

Organist
1532/1540
Beauvais (France)


Institution: Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, Beauvais (France)

Variant names

No variant.

Associated people

Jean Doublet (Homonyms with unlikely connections)

Bibliography

[22CXAUKS] An error occurred while retrieving the resource. (pp. 538-544)

[Cavicchi Colin Vendrix 2012]

Cavicchi, C., Colin, M.-A. et Vendrix, P. (éd.), 2012, Jean Doublet, La musique en Picardie du XIVe au XVIIe siècle, Turnhout, p. 127, 199, 278, 280, 313‑314, 377 http://www.sudoc.fr/167048686.
(pp. 127, 199, 278, 280, 313-314, 377)

[Desjardins 1865]

Desjardins, G., 1865, Histoire de la cathédrale de Beauvais, Beauvais http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36482747m/PUBLIC (consulté le 4 juin 2015).
(p. 73)

[Fenlon 1984]

Fenlon, I., 1984, An Imperial Repertory for Charles V, Studi Musicali, 13, p. 221‑240.
(pp. 221-240)

[Miller 1978]

Miller, L. E. Z., 1978, The Chansons of French Provincial Composers, 1530–1550: A Study of Stylistic Trends, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à Stanford, 1978 http://www.sudoc.fr/04540707X (consulté le 4 juin 2015).

[Miller 1981]

Miller, L. E. Z., 1981, Thirty-Six Chansons of French Provincial Composers (1529-1550), Madison http://www.sudoc.fr/056255772 (consulté le 4 juin 2015).

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Camilla Cavicchi - Project manager

David Fiala - Project manager

Grantley McDonald - Biography author


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Grantley McDonald

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