Pierre Guédron

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Pierre Guédron was a French composer, singer and singing teacher born in Châteaudun about 1570 and dead in Paris about 1620. First Pierre Guédron was singer in the chapel of Louis II de Lorraine (called Cardinal de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise), and then, after the assassination of the cardinal in 1588, he became cantor of the Royal Chapel. Become one of the most important musical personalities in the court of the king Henry IV of France, Guédron composed many tunes and court ballets. In 1601, he succeeded to Claude Le Jeune as composer of the King's Chamber, an office he gave up in 1613 to the benefit of his son-in-law Antoine Boesset, to become superintendent of the music of the King and the Queen mother. Member of the chapel of Cardinal de Guise, then that of Henri IV, then superintendent of the King's music, Pierre Guédron wrote vocal music for the ballets of the court under Henry IV and Louis XIII, with which he revealed himself as the best architect of the advent of monody in France. Works 6 booklets d'Airs de cour à quatre et cinq parties Airs de différents autheurs mis en tablature de luth Ballet sur la Naissance de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme (1602) Ballet de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme oder Ballet d’Alcine (1610) Ballet de Madame (1613) Ballet des Argonautes (1614) Ballet du Triomphe de Minerve (1615) Ballet de Monsieur le Prince (1615) Ballet du Roy ou Ballet de la Délivrance de Renaud (1617) Ballet des Princes (1618) Ballet du Roy sur L’Adventure

top songs

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Cœur, airs de cour français de la fin du XVIe siècle

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Andreas Scholl - Robert Dowland's "A Musicall Banquet"

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Guédron: Le Consert des Consorts

Noël baroque

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Kirkby, Emma: Musique and Sweet Poetrie - Jewels From Europe Around 1600

Airs De Cour

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Et la fleur vole: Airs à danser & airs de cour autour de 1600

Le Consert des Consorts

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Grand Bal à la Cour d'Henri IV

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Musical Banquet

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Divine Amarillis: Airs de Court

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A painted tale

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