François Richard (ca. 15851650) was a French composer of ''

airs de cour The ''air de cour'' was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650. From approximately 1610 to 1635, during the reign of Louis XIII, this was the predominant ...

.'' His ''Airs de cour a quatre parties'' (1637) mentions the pleasure

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

found in the music of his Chamber.''French baroque music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau'' James R. Anthony - 1978 "François Richard (c. 1585-1650), in the dedication to Louis XIII found in his Airs de cour a quatre parties (1637), alluded to the pleasure the king took in the music of his Chamber: 'I know that after the sounds of the trumpets and drums, those of lute and voices do not displease you.”..."

Works, editions and recordings

*Airs de cour avec la tablature de luth 1637 *Airs de cour a quatre parties 1637 *''Amarante'' Céline Scheen Eduardo Egüez, Flora 2010

References

1580s births 1650 deaths French Baroque composers 17th-century classical composers French classical composers French male classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{France-composer-stub