Pierre Guédron
Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris), was a French singer and composer.
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Pierre Guédron
Pierre Guédron (ca. 1565 - 1620), French composer. · Cinquième livre d'airs de cour de P. Guédron, Paris, 1620. · Public domain
- Born
- 1570 · Châteaudun.
- Died
- 1620 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · precentor · lutenist
- Movements
- classical music · Baroque music
- Languages
- French
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Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris), was a French singer and composer.
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Guédron's Est-ce Mars (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by Sweelinck (keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 lutes of different sizes).
• 6 books of Airs de cour à quatre et cinq parties • Airs de différents autheurs mis en tablature de luth • 1602: Ballet sur la Naissance de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme • 1610: Ballet de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme oder Ballet d'Alcine • 1613: Ballet de Madame • 1614: Ballet des Argonautes • 1615: Ballet du Triomphe de Minerve • 1615: Ballet de Monsieur le Prince • 1617: Ballet du Roy ou Ballet de la Délivrance de Renaud • 1618: Ballet des Princes • 1619: Ballet du Roy sur L'Adventure de Tancrède en la forest enchantée
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The authorities additionally record the heading Pierre Guedron. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Antoine Boësset.
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Pierre Guédron is recorded as composer, precentor and lutenist.
Comprend: 5 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue; 6 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue; 10 Airs de cours à 1 voix sans basse continue; 2 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue; 4 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue; 15 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue; 6 Airs de cour à 1 voix sans basse continue.
Guédron, Pierre (156.?-1620?). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1972
Pierre Guédron and the air de cour, 1600-1620 (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1620
Pierre Guédron died at Paris.
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Châteaudun.
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• There is a large CNRS library edition of Air de cour. • Garland published a facsimile of the original print which is now out of print.
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