Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45&n ...

– c. 1620 in Paris),HOASM: Pierre Guédron
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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 ...

'' (including ''Cessés mortels de soupirer''). Guédron's ''Est-ce Mars'' (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by

Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( ; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard comp ...

(keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 lutes of different sizes).

Works

*6 books of ''

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

French male classical composers French Baroque composers French ballet composers Renaissance composers People from Châteaudun 1570s births 1620s deaths 17th-century classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{France-composer-stub