Albertus Parisiensis

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Albertus Parisiensis (ca.1146 - ca.1177) was a French singer and composer .

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Albert probably came from Étampes in the Mirande arrondissement . In the only phase of his life that is documented, he was a singer at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral ( Île de la Cité ). He left a number of liturgical books for the cathedral . The only surviving piece from his pen is the Conductus Congaudeant Catholici .

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  • Magister Albertus / Pariensis Albert . In: Geoffrey Hindley (ed.): Encyclopédia Larousse of Music . Excalibur Books, New York 1981, ISBN 0-89673-101-4 .
  • Craig M. Wright: Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500-1550 (Cambridge Studies in Music Series). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-08834-3 (EA Cambridge 1989).
  • Sarah Fuller: Albertus Parisiensus . In: Laura Macy (Ed.): Grove Music Online (accessed April 1, 2006, grovemusic.com)
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SURNAME Albertus Parisiensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1146
DATE OF DEATH around 1177