Gilles Joye

Gilles Joye was a French composer, poet, writer, singer and cleric (1424–1483). He was born at Tournai and died at Bruges.

Gilles Joye in brief

Born
1424
Died
1483
Known for
composer, poet, writer, singer and cleric
Place of birth
Tournai
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Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1762 to 2015.

The joy of effort : a biography of R. Tait McKenzie / Jean McGill., dated [1980], held by Wellcome Collection. A sermon preached at the Thursday-lecture in Boston, September 16, 1762 Before the Great and General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. On the joyful news of the reduction of the Havannah. By Joseph Sewall, D.D. Colleague Pastor of the South Church in said town. [Two lines from Matthew]., dated 1762, held by Wellcome Collection. John Westwood Sandison / Joy Newman., dated 2001, held by Wellcome Collection. Living in the now : 500 days in the life of Tatiana Gill / Tatiana Gill., dated [2015], held by Wellcome Collection. The science of music. 1/4., dated 2013, held by Wellcome Collection. Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum; Sidrach, De la vertu des pierres pr?cieuses et des herbes, dated Early 14th century, held by Wellcome Collection. Macer Floridus, <i>De viribus herbarum</i>; Sidrach, <i>De la vertu des pierres précieuses et des herbes</i>, dated Early 14th century, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Joye, Gilles, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Zum Problem der Vertonung farcenhafter Texte im 15. Jahrhundert, dargestellt an dem Rondeau "Ce qu'on fait a quatimini" von Gilles Joye, troja. Jahrbuch für Renaissancemusik, 2020. Joye, George (d 1553), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Joye, Peter (1636–1721), merchant, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. ‘What You Do on the Sly … Will Be Deemed Forgiven in the Sight of the Most High’: Gilles Joye and the Changing Status of Singers in Fifteenth-Century Bruges, Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 2009.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1013027302). Those registers additionally record the form Joye, Gilles.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1424Gilles Joye born at Tournai.
  2. 1483Gilles Joye died at Bruges.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    ‘What You Do on the Sly … Will Be Deemed Forgiven in the Sight of the Most High’: Gilles Joye and the Changing Status of Singers in Fifteenth-Century Bruges, Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 2009

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  2. 2.

    Joye, George (d 1553), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Joye, Gilles, Oxford Music Online, 2001

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  4. 4.

    Joye, Peter (1636–1721), merchant, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

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  5. 5.

    Zum Problem der Vertonung farcenhafter Texte im 15. Jahrhundert, dargestellt an dem Rondeau "Ce qu'on fait a quatimini" von Gilles Joye, troja. Jahrbuch für Renaissancemusik, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1013027302, Gilles, Joye.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 9 works naming Gilles Joye.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q562300: Gilles Joye

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Gilles Joye”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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