Jacques Du Buisson

fl. 1548-1562

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Biography

Jacques Du Buisson was an organist in the royal chamber between 1548 and 1562. The royal court documentation is summarised by Cazaux 2002 (p. 324, 351), Handy 2008 (p. 386, 404, 571 for years 1547-1562) and BrooksJ 2000 (p. 465-466 for years 1559-1562), refering to the following entries in chronological order: F-Pnm Clairambault 1216, f. 48v (organist's wages of 200 l.t., 1556), F-AN KK 125, f. 1394 (mourning clothes of the court for Henri II's funerals, 1559), F-AN, KK 129, f. 47, 290 and F-Pnm Dupuy 852, f. 23-23v and Clairambault 232, p. 2017-2017v (lists of joueurs d'instruments, 1559-1562). He is probably the composer of the 11 chansons printed by Du Chemin and Le Roy & Ballard between 1552 and 1569 with ascriptions to "Du Buisson" or "Buysson".
Whether he is the same person as the clerk of the Sainte-Chapelle of Paris who died 1573 seems possible but needs further investigation for complete confirmation.
He might be of the same familly of a Robert Du Buison who was organist of the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris from 1599 to 1629 (Bouvet 1930).

Fiala David, Freedman Richard
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Information

  • Roles

    Composer
    Organist

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

3 in database

Musical position

Organist
1548/1559
Paris (France)


Patron: Henri II of France

Institution: Maison royale de France, Paris (France)

Musical position

Organist
1559/1560
Paris (France)


Patron: François II, roi de France

Institution: Maison royale de France, Paris (France)

Musical position

Organist
1560/1562
Paris (France)


Patron: Charles IX of France

Institution: Maison royale de France, Paris (France)

Variant names

Du Buysson

Associated people

Jacques Buisson (Possible identification)

Bibliography

[Bouvet 1930]

Bouvet, C., 1930, A Propos de Quelques Organistes de L’Eglise Saint-Gervais Avant les Couperin. Les Du Buisson, Revue de Musicologie, 11, p. 241‑259 https://www.jstor.org/stable/926187 (consulté le 3 février 2026).

[BrooksJ 2000]

Brooks, J., 2000, Courtly song in late sixteenth-century France, Chicago http://www.sudoc.fr/069287864.
(465-466)

[Cazaux 2002]

Cazaux, C., 2002, La musique à la cour de François Ier, Paris http://www.sudoc.fr/068758081.
(324, 351)

[Handy 2008]

Handy, I., 2008, Musiciens au temps des derniers Valois (1547-1589), Paris http://www.sudoc.fr/128903473.
(386, 404, 571)

Archival references

[F-AN]

S. d., Archives nationales, Paris, FranceArchives https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/service/34633 (consulté le 7 avril 2025).

[F-Pnm]

S. d., Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris (F-Pnm) https://rism.online/institutions/30078937 (consulté le 14 juillet 2025).

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Richard Freedman - Biography author

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