Nicolas Formé (Paris 26 April 1567 27 May 1638) was a French composer. In 1587, aged 20, Formé joined the choir of the

Sainte-Chapelle The Sainte-Chapelle (; ) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. Construction b ...

, but was excluded from the fraternity for drunkenness and womanising. He was reinstated in 1592, to the

Chapelle royale The ''chapelle royale'' (chapel royal) was the musical establishment attached to the royal chapel of the French kings. The term may also be applied to the chapel buildings, the Chapelle royale de Versailles. The establishment included a choir, or ...

, and then finally, with the support of

King 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. ...

, in 1626 he returned to the Sainte-Chapelle as a canon, where he worked under the protection of the King until his death. Formé paid no attention to publishing his works and all his secular works are lost. The sacred works which survive were preserved in the private archive of the French crown. These include: *

Motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Eng ...

''Ecce tu pulchra es'' (Ballard, Paris, 1638) * Eight settings of the

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for "y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary or Canticle of Mary, and in the Byzantine Rite as the Ode of the Theotokos (). Its Western name derives from the incipit of its Latin text. This ...

in eight modes * Mass for double choir Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, 2003 ISMN M-707034-24-8

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forme, Nicolas 1567 births 1638 deaths Composers from Paris French composers of sacred music French male classical composers French Baroque composers 17th-century French classical composers 17th-century French male musicians