Laurent Bonard

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Laurent Bonard (fl. 1547–1553) was priest and maistre des enfants at the Cathedral of Amiens between 1547 and 1553. Five chansons ascribed to “Bonardo” in publication of Du Chemin. Dobbins describes his chansons as courtly huitains similar to the homorhythmic style of Pierre Sandrin and others. Text of “Amour et mort ont faict une alliance” by G. d’Avrigny. Possibly related to Francesco Bonardo (c. 1525 d after 1571, a Flemish composer active at the Cathedral of Padua between 1565 and 1571. Author of a book of madrigals published in Venice in 1565. Frank Dobbins and Joanna Wieckowski, “Bonard, Laurent,” New Grove 2, III, 848. Priest and maître des enfants at Amiens cathedral since 4 October 1547. He remained in this position until 1553 at least, after which time there are no clues as to his biography. As yet, it is unclear if Bonard is linked to the instrumentalist family of the same name working in Paris during the early seventeenth century or to the Italians Francesco and Iseppo Bonardo, whose music was published primarily by Scotto between 1564 and 1586. Apart from the extremely simple Au jour, au jour, with a guitar reduction by its printer Adrian Le Roy, all extant chansons were printed by Nicolas du Chemin. They show a preference for clearly articulated structures (especially AABA) repeating the last phrase, and for a quasi-homophonic style embellished to various degrees with some minor melismas. The exception is J’ay tant souffert: setting the shortest text, it is thr

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