Simon Goulart

Alias: Louis Mongart

Life

Born: 20 October 1543, Senlis, Kingdom of France

Died: 3 February 1628, Republic of Geneva

Biography

French Calvinist minister, theologian, historian, and poet. In addition to a distinguished career as a significant figure in the Protestant Reformation, during which, among other achievements, he succeeded Theodore de Bèze as President of the Council of Company of Pastors in Geneva, Goulart published a series of musical anthologies in which he substituted sacred contrafact lyrics, often of his own authorship, for the lyrics of popular songs.

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Publications

• Le thresor de musique d'Orlande de Lassus (Geneva, 1576)
• Meslange des pseaumes et cantiques a trois parties (Geneva, 1577), 2 volumes
• Cinquante pseaumes de David (Heidelberg, 1597)