Jean de Cambefort ( – 4 May 1661) was a French

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singer and composer of

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. He died in Paris, France. He is now mostly remembered for composing six airs (''recits'') for the '' Ballet de la Nuit'', performed in 1653.Part books of 1655 for ''II. livre d'airs à quatre parties, de Monsieur de Cambefort. Sur-intendant et maistre ordinaire de la Musique de la Chambre du Roy''
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published online at Gallica on September 3, 2015.

Works

* ''Ballet de la Nuit'', 1653; * ''Récit du temps et des quatre saisons'', v ''Ballet du Temps'' ( LWV 1), 1654; * ''Airs de cour'', Parigi, 1651; * ''II. livre d’airs'', Parigi, 1655; * 17 arias, from 1651 and 1655.

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Bibliography

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; Thorp, Jennifer (2009; revised 2010). ''Ballet de la Nuit: Rothschild B1/16/6''. Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press.
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at Pendragon. * McGowan, Margaret M. (2001)
"Cambefort, Jean de"
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'', 2nd edition, edited by

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. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). * Prunières, Henry (1912)
"Jean de Cambefort, surintendant de la musique du roi, d'après des documents inédits"
''L'Année musicale'', pp. 205–226.

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* French Baroque composers French male classical composers 1605 births 1661 deaths Musicians from Paris 17th-century male musicians {{France-composer-stub