(Klo-dan’ da Sâr-me-se’) c. 1490–1562 French composer Sermisy spent most of his adult life in Paris and was the leading exponent of the genre known as the ‘Parisian chanson’. Mostly for four voices, his songs are similar in style to the early madrigal, which was developing at the same time. They are relatively easy to sing, with lively rhythms ...
of Protestant music, which was then still in its infancy. Recommended Recording: Deutsche Lieder/Carmina, Weser-Renaissance, Manfred Cordes (CPO) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Claudin de Sermisy | Renaissance | Classical ...
(Or-land’ de Las’soos) 1532–94 Franco-Flemish composer Lassus went to Italy at the age of 12 as a singer in the choir of Ferrante Gonzaga, a minor member of the important family of music patrons who ruled the duchy of Mantua. He spent the next 10 years in Italy, travelling to Naples and then Rome, where for a time he ...
the rule of François I, Paris was home to humanist philosophers, poets and artists. His musical patronage was no less impressive, and his chapel included Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490–1562). The monarchs’ rivalry came to head in 1520 at the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold’, a site near Calais in France, where the two met to ...
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