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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "HOASM: Pierre Guédron". www.hoasm.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
External links
editFree scores by Pierre Guédron on International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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