Pierre Certon
Pierre Certon (* around 1510 in Melun (?); † February 23, 1572 there ) was a French composer .
From 1529 he worked at Notre-Dame in Paris , where he was appointed director of the boys' choir in 1542. He returned to his homeland around 1560.
He composed masses and around fifty motets as well as other sacred vocal music, but around three hundred chansons have also survived, some of which contained texts that were daring for his time. The chanson Je ne l'ose dire is still known .
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Early Music: From the beginnings of occidental music to the completion of the Renaissance. Kiesel, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-70230120-8 .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Pierre Certon in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Pierre Certon in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Certon, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1510 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Melun |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1572 |
| Place of death | unsure: Melun |