Claudio Monteverdi and the madrigal From the fourteenth century onwards, Italy saw the successive appearance of two forms of madrigal: the first lasted only a century (from 1320 to 1420 approximately), and the second was born in the sixteenth century (around 1520). A poetic and vocal genre, mainly secular...
Pierre Sandrin, born Pierre Regnault, was a French Renaissance composer. He was a famous composer in his time. He was in the service of François I, Henri II and Hippolyte d’Este around 1550-1560, and Hippolyte d’Este around 1550-1560. He is the author of fifty songs for four voices, on...
Jacob Obrecht (* 1457 or 1458 in Ghent/Belgium; † shortly before 1 August 1505 in Ferrara/Italy) was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer and cleric of the Renaissance. He was the only child of the Ghent city trumpeter Willem (Guillermus) Hobrecht (1430/35 – 22 November 1488). The approximate date of birth...
Jehan Chardavoine (baptized on 2 February 1538 at Beaufort-en-Vallée, Anjou – died c. 1580) was a French Renaissance composer mostly active in Paris. He was one of the first known editors of popular chansons, and the author of “the only volume of monodic songs from the 16th century that...
Robert Ballard (* about 1575 in Paris (?); † after 1650) was a French lutenist and composer. He was the son of the publisher Robert Ballard Senior (c.1527–1588), the head of the well-known music publishers “Le Roy & Ballard”, founded in 1551 with cousin Adrian Le Roy (a notable...
Antoine Boësset, Sieur de Villedieu, was a French composer born in Blois, baptised on 24 February 1587 and died in Paris on 8 December 1643. He dominated musical life at the French court during the first half of the 17th century. He married in 1613 Jeanne Guédron , daughter...
Pierre Guédron (also Pierre Guesdron; * about 1570 in Châteaudun; † after 1620 in Paris) was a French singer and composer. He was one of the innovators of French music in the early 17th century and one of the first creators of a dramatically oriented ballet. Pierre Guédron’s career...
Granddaughter of the first known troubadour (William IX of Aquitaine), queen of France and then of England, mother of eleven children including two kings, Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204) was the greatest patron of 12th century courtly poetry. Historians have long attributed to Eleanor of Aquitaine an important role as...
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was a Benedictine nun, abbess, writer, musician, visionary and prophetess who was visited by popes, kings and emperors and was resolutely engaged in the crises and struggles of her time. In the Roman Catholic Church she is venerated as a saint and teacher of the...
The program of the Itinéraire baroque in 2020 is out ! I share with you the Facebook post of the l’itinéraire baroque that announces the summer 2020 festival. I hope to see you there. “The entire festival team is delighted to unveil the poster for the next and 19th...
