Claude Martin

fl. circa 1550

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Claude Martin was a French composer and theorist, active during the late 1540s and during the 1550’s. Total of nine chansons ascribed to him. His treatise of 1550 dedicated to the Parisian humanist and parliamentarian Jean de Brinon. All appear in Du Chemin imprints. Is the text of his Un jeune moine related in any way to that of Lasso?

Freedman Richard
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  • Roles

    Composer
    Music theorist

  • Gender

    Male

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Geographical origins

Couches (France)

Professional career - others

Composer
circa 1550
France (France)

Professional career - others

Music theorist
circa 1550
France (France)

Variant names

Martinus

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David Fiala - Project manager

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Richard Freedman - Biography author


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Freedman Richard, Claude Martin, in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/360/] (accessed 21 June 2026).

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