Jacques Moderne
Jacques Moderne - Giacomo Moderno (Pinguente, Istria [now Buzet, Croatia], c.1495–1500 – Lyons, after 1560) was an Italian-born music publisher active in France in the Renaissance Era. Moderne was the second printer to publish music on a large scale in France using the single-impression method. The first one was Pierre Attaingnant (c.
Jacques Moderne

Jacques Moderne · Early book · Public domain
- Died
- 1560. · Lyon.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- printer, music publisher, typographer, editor and composer.
- Languages
- French.
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Jacques Moderne - Giacomo Moderno (Pinguente, Istria [now Buzet, Croatia], c.1495–1500 – Lyons, after 1560) was an Italian-born music publisher active in France in the Renaissance Era. Moderne was the second printer to publish music on a large scale in France using the single-impression method. The first one was Pierre Attaingnant (c.
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Also worked under the name Le Grand Jacques and Iaques Grand. Born at Buzet in 1500, died in Lyon in 1560.
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Liturgicon musicarum, Lyon, Jacques Moderne, 1554 (Paris, Mazarine)
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- 1.Synthèse de la question dans Guillo 1991 p. 27-45 et 216-239.
- 2.Sur la vie de Moderne, voir Pogue 1969 p. 28-33 et Duchamp 2000 p. 57-87.
- 3.L’hypothèse d’un apprentissage à Florence, faite par Natalis Rondot, n’a jamais été documentée.
- 4.Lyon BM : Chomarat 7644, inconnu de Pogue 1969.
- 5.Au sens du : une culture qui intéresse la population bourgeoise au-delà des cercles des nobles, clercs et lettrés.
- 6.Sur cette lignée éditoriale, voir Long 2005.
- 7.Pogue 1969 p. 46.
- 8.Sur la similitude des répertoires de chansons de Moderne et Attaingnant, voir Heartz 1969 p. 146-152.
- 9.Sur ces tablatures de luth, voir Désier 2010.
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