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Biography

French composer active during the middle years of the sixteenth century. Nine chansons are ascribed to him in publications of Attaingnant, Du Chemin, and Le Roy et Ballard. F. Dobbins describes his works as homorhythmic, and comparatively old-fashioned by the 1550’s (art. "Besancourt" in GMO [F. Dobbins]).

Freedman Richard

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Composer
Gender

Male

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Musical source

Composer
1549/1568
Paris (France)

Comments: Neuf chansons publiées durant cette période chez Attaingnant, Du Chemin, Le Roy et Ballard

Associated works

2 in database

Ne te voyant je languis en tristesse Composer
Puis que je dois vivre en malheur Composer

Ne te voyant je languis en tristesse Composer

Puis que je dois vivre en malheur Composer

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Bibliography

[GMO]

S. d., Grove Music Online, Grove Music Online https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/grovemusic/ (consulté le 5 avril 2025).

Projects

Catalogue of French Chansons
Du Chemin Project
Prosopography of Renaissance Singers

Contributors

David Fiala - Project manager

Philippe Vendrix - Project manager

Annie Cœurdevey - Scientific editor

Richard Freedman - Biography author

Data collectors

Richard Freedman

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