Claudin de Sermisy
Alias: Claudin
Life
Born: about 1490
Died: 13 October 1562
Biography: Claudin's birthdate is inferred from his appointment to the Royal Chapelle in 1508. He travelled to Italy in 1515 and in 1520 took part, under Jean Mouton's direction, in the Field of Gold. the next decade was spent in Rouen and Amiens; by 1532 he was directing the Royal Chapel. In 1533 he settled in Paris and became a canon at Sainte-chapelle, where he is buried. 12 masses, 100 motets. 2 passions and 175 chansons survive.
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List of choral works
Sacred works
Secular works
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Publications
- Nova & prima motettorum editio, liber primus (Paris, 1542)
- Moduli quatuor, quinque & sex vocum, liber primus (Paris, 1555)
- Missae tres cum quatuor vocibus (Paris, 1558)
Additionally, Claudin was featured prominently in the following anthologies.
- Chansons nouvelles en musique à quatre parties (Paris, 1528)
- Trente et quatre chansons musicales à quatre parties (Paris, 1529)
- XII motetz musicaulx a quatre et cinq voix (Paris, 1529)
- Trente et une chansons musicales a quatre parties (Paris, 1529)
- Vingt et neuf chansons musicales à quatre parties (Paris, 1530)
- Trente et troys chansons nouvelles en musique a quatre parties (Paris, 1532)
- Vingt et sept chansons musicales à quatre parties (Paris, 1533)
- Motettorum, Book 11 (Paris, 1535)
- Trente et une chansons musicales a troys parties (Paris, 1535)
- Premier livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales (Paris, 1536)
- Second livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales (Paris, 1536)
- Tiers livre contenant XXX chansons vieilles esleves de plusieurs livres (Paris, 1538)
- Missarum musicalium quatuor vocum liber tertius (Paris, 1540)
External websites:
- Works by Claudin de Sermisy in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)