Simon le Breton
Simon le Breton (* around 1420 ; † November 12, 1473 ) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance from the Burgundian school.
Live and act
The exact date of birth of Simon le Breton, as well as the places of birth and death, could not yet be determined by music historical research. Little is known about his life either. For more than 30 years he was a singer with the Burgundian court orchestra in Dijon . When he left in May 1464, the English composer Robert Morton , who was also there, composed a musical setting for him as a parting gift, so to speak, to the well-known melody of the song L 'homme armé . It is the oldest recorded movement of the melody. This was also used by various composers as a cantus firmus for their mass compositions . Morton's piece is set as a Quodlibet with the text Il sera pour vous .
Simon le Breton later became a member of the brotherhood “St. Jakob auf dem Kaltenberg ”, which was based in the Brussels church of the same name , in Cambrai at the cathedral there . He was also buried here (a year before Guillaume Dufay ) in the St. Stephen's side chapel.
Works and meaning
The three-part Dutch song Vie sach oit was ascribed to a Simonet , perhaps Simon le Breton. It has come down to us in a Florentine manuscript from around 1475 to 1480. The rondeau "Nul ne s'y frotte" was ascribed to a Magister Symon , perhaps also to Simon le Breton. He may also be the author of the Cent nouvelles Nouvelles .
Because of his musical style and his lifetime, Simon le Breton belongs to the first generation of Franco-Flemish composers (the so-called "Burgundian School") , along with Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois and others.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Simon le Breton in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Simon le Breton in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Fallows: Simon. In: Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. ( online , subscription access).
- ↑ Jan Willem Bonda: De meerstemmige Nederlandse liederen van de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw (The polyphonic Dutch song in the 15th and 16th centuries), Verloren Verlag Hilversum 1996, ISBN 90-6550-545-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon le Breton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Flemish composer and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1420 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1473 |