Guillaume Franc

Guillaume Franc: Foreword to the readers ( Les Pseaumes mis en rime françoise , Geneva 1565)

Guillaume Franc (* around 1505 in Rouen , † 1570 in Lausanne ) was a French composer and collaborator on the Geneva Psalter .

In 1541 he opened a music school in Geneva, then taught psalms singing to children in the parish of Saint-Gervais and was a singing teacher at the Collège de Rive . In 1545 he became cantor at the Lausanne Cathedral and teacher at the Lausanne Academy .

literature

Pio Pellizzari : Franc, Guillaume. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Moritz Fürstenau: Franc, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 204 f.

Remarks

↑ Inconsistent information on the date of birth: according to the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland around 1505 , according to the biographical information in the Evangelical Hymn book , edition Rhineland / Westphalia / Lippe around 1515 .

personal data
SURNAME	Franc, Guillaume
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	reformed church musician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1505
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rouen
DATE OF DEATH	1570
Place of death	Lausanne

[1] Inconsistent information on the date of birth: according to the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland around 1505 , according to the biographical information in the Evangelical Hymn book , edition Rhineland / Westphalia / Lippe around 1515 .