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Composer only known by about 20 chansons attributed to him between 1538 and 1559, most of which appeared among Attaingnant publications. He is notable for having composed the first known setting of a poem (the sonnet O foible esprit) by Joachim du Bellay, and a setting of Du fond de ma pensée by Marot in 1544. His works reflect the concise and chordal style heard in Sandrin’s music. Three chansons which had been printed under his name (Si quelque fois, Toutes les fois and Vous qui voulez) were reprinted by Le Roy & Ballard with attributions to De BussI. No musician bearing this name has yet been documented.

Fiala David, Freedman Richard

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Composer
Gender

Male

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Musical source

Composer
1538/1559
Paris (France)

Comments: Five chansons were also published in Lyons.

Associated works

1 in database

Dieu te gard, bergière, gardant tes moutons Composer

Variant names

Gentiam ; Gentien ; Jantian

Associated people

No associated person.

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Projects

Citations: The Renaissance Imitation Mass Project
Du Chemin Project
Prosopography of Renaissance Singers

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Richard Freedman - Biography author

Data collectors

David Fiala

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