Simon de Bonefont

fl. 1551/1557

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Biography

According to the title of the edition of his Requiem Mass published in 1556, Bonefont was then a canon and master of the choirboys at the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand: Missa pro mortuis, cum quinque vocibus , nunc primùm in lucem edita. Autore D. Simone de Bonefont, Ecclesiae Claromentensis apus Alvernos canonico et pueris symphoniacis praefecto. One motet ascribed to him was printed in Geneva in 1554, and two chansons by Du Chemin in Paris in 1551 and 1557 (Un gros meusnier son asne conduisant ascribed to "Bonnefont" in the Second livre de chansons nouvellement mises en musique, Du Chemin, 1557, of which only the Bassus partbook survives: https://rism.online/sources/993120179).

Fiala David, Freedman Richard
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Information

  • Roles

    Composer
    Master of choirboys
    Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
    Member of a church (musician)
    Teacher

  • Gender

    Male

Events

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3 in database

Musical source

Composer
1551/1557
France (France)


Comments: Works printed in Paris and Geneva between 1551 and 1557

Musical position

Member of a church (musician)
circa 1556
Clermont-Ferrand (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Comments: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55008886g

Religious position

Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)
circa 1556
Clermont-Ferrand (France)


Institution: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Variant names

Bonnefond ; Bonnefont

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Contributors

Fiala David - Project manager ; Biography author

Freedman Richard - Project manager ; Biography author


Data collectors

Freedman Richard

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Fiala David, Freedman Richard, Simon de Bonefont, in RicercarDataLab [http://preprod-ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/80/] (accessed 24 June 2025).

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