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French singer and composer
Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in
Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris),
[1] was a French singer and composer.
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).
Works
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
Editions available
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.
References
External links
Free scores by Pierre Guédron on
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
International National Artists Other