Picardy Musical Heritage is dedicated to the critical edition of music by composers from Picardy or who worked in this region – situated in the North of France – during the Renaissance. The site collects the critical editions of 268 pieces of music (259 available online), 41 references to manuscripts and printed sources produced from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, and 8 biographies. Critical editions may be downloaded, free of charge, in three formats: PDF, Sibelius and MEI files. This is a project in progress, periodically enriched with new musical editions.

Picardy Musical Heritage makes available to our community of music lovers, musicians and researchers a large repertoire of masses, motets and chansons totally forgotten for centuries. In many cases, Picardy Musical Heritage offers the only existing edition of this repertoire. The user will find music by famous composers, such as Antoine Bruhier, Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin, Eustache Du Caurroy, François Dulot, Paschal de L’Estocart, Nicolas de Marle, Vulfran Samin, Mathieu Sohier, and others less known, such Jean Doublet (organist at Beauvais cathedral in the 1530s) or Laurent Bonard (master of the choirboys at Amiens cathedral in the 1550s), who held notable positions in Picardy musical institutions. The website also proposes original biographies of the composers in order to promote the musical heritage of Picardy, a region notable for the education of singers and composers, who disseminated their musical culture in many European courts. The results of the group's researches are published in the volume La musique en Picardie du XIVe au XVIIe siècle, edited by Camilla Cavicchi, Marie-Alexis Colin and Philippe Vendrix (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012). See also Richard Wexler, Antoine Bruhier: Life and Works of a Renaissance Papal Composer (Turnhout: Brepols, 2014).

Musicologists interested in contributing are invited to contact the responsible of the project, Marie-Alexis Colin.

External links

Antoine Bruhier: Life and Works of a Renaissance Papal Composer (Turnhout: Brepols, 2014)
La musique en Picardie du XIVe au XVIIe siècle (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012)

Contributors

Belliot Hyacinthe

Besson Vincent

Colin Marie-Alexis

Fiala David

Gabriëls Nele

Nicolas Patrice

Pino Javier

Poulain Mathias

Vendrix Philippe

Cinquième livre de guiterre […] à trois et quatre parties, Le Roy et Ballard, 1554

Catalogues: RISM A I, L-2047 ; RISM B I, 1554-33

Dixhuytiesme livre contenant XXVIII. chansons nouvelles […] à quatre parties, Attaingant, 1545

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1545-13

Dixhuytiesme livre contenant XXVIII. chansons nouvelles […] à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1545

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1545-12

Dixiesme livre contenant XXVI. chansons […] à quatre parties, Du Chemin,1552

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1552-05

Dixiesme livre contenant XXVI. chansons […] à quatre parties, Du Chemin,1552

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1552-04

Dixseptiesme livre contenant XIX. chansons légères […] à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1545

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1545-10

[Dixseptiesme livre contenant XIX. chansons légères […] à quatre parties], Attaingnant, 1545

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1545-11

F-Psg Ms. 3165

Catalogues: [catalogue Calames-Abes]

F-Psg Ms. 3166

Catalogues: [catalogue Calames-Abes]

F-Psg Ms. 3167

Catalogues: [catalogue Calames-Abes]

F-Psg Ms. 3168

Catalogues: [catalogue Calames-Abes]

GB-Cfm Mu. Ms. 278

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: [catalogue GB-Cfm]

GB-WA B. VI. 23

Volumes: 8

Catalogues: CENSUS Whalley S 23

Huitiesme livre contenant XXV. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Du Chemin,1550

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1550-12

Le Rossignol musical des chansons, Phalèse, 1597

Volumes: 5

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1597-10

Le Rossignol musical des chansons, Phalèse, 1598

Volumes: 5

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1598-05

Liber quartus. XXIX. musicales quatuor vel quinque parium vocum modulos habet, Attaingnant, 1534

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1534-06

Liber quintus. xii. trium priorum tonorum magnificat, Attaingnant, 1534

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1534-07

Livre premier contenant XXIX. chansons à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1536

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1536-04

[Medici Codex], 1518

Catalogues: CENSUS FlorL 666

Meslanges de la musique d'Eust. Du Caurroy, Pierre Ballard, 1610

Volumes: 6

Catalogues: RISM A I, D-3616

Missa cum quatuor vocibus Ad imitationem Cantionis, Du Chemin, 1568

Catalogues: RISM A I, M-0711

Missa Je suis déshéritée de Marle, Le Roy et Ballard, 1557

Catalogues: RISM A I, M-0708

Missa Panis quem ego dabo de Marle, Le Roy et Ballard,1558

Catalogues: RISM A I, M-0709

Missa Panis quem ego dabo de Marle, Le Roy et Ballard,1559

Catalogues: RISM A I, M-0710

Neufiesme livre contenant XXVII. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Du Chemin, 1551

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1551-09

Preces ecclesiasticae de Du Caurroy liber primus, Pierre Ballard,1609

Volumes: 5

Catalogues: RISM A I, D-3614

Preces ecclesiasticae de Du Caurroy liber secundus, Pierre Ballard, 1609

Volumes: 5

Catalogues: RISM A I, D-3615

Premier livre contenant XXV. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Du Chemin,1549

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1550-07

Primus liber […]. Motetti del fiore, Moderne,1532

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1532-10

Quinziesme livre contenant XXX. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1544

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1544-07

Quinziesme livre contenant XXX. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Attaingnant et Jullet, 1544

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1544-08

[Recueil d'airs et de chansons], 1610

Volumes: 3

Catalogues: [catalogue BnF]

Second livre contenant XXV. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1536

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1536-05

Second livre contenant XXXI. chansons musicales, Attaingnant, 1536

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1536-03

Selectissima elegantissimaque, gallica, italica et latina in guiterna ludenda carmina, Phalèse et Bellère1570

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1570-35

Selectissimarum mutetarum […] tomus primus, Petreius,1540

Volumes: 5

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1540-06

Trente chansons musicales, Attaingnant, 1533

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1534-13

Trente cinquiesme livre contentant XXIIII. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Attaingnant,1550

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1550-05

Trente et six chansons musicales à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1530

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1530-04

Trente et une chansons musicales à quatre parties, Attaingnant, 1529

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1529-02

[Tschudi Liederbuch], 1540

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: CENSUS SGallS 463

Unziesme livre contenant XXII. chansons nouvelles à quatre parties, Du Chemin, 1554

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1554-21

Vingtdeuxieme livre de chansons à quatre et cinq parties

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1585-11

Vingtdeuxieme livre de chansons à quatre et cinq parties, Le Roy et Ballard,1583

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1583-07

Vingt et huit chansons nouvelles en musique à quatres parties, Attaingnant, 1531

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1531-01

Vingtseptiesme [livre] contenant xxvii. Chansons nouvelles à quatre en deux volumes, Attaingnant, 1548

Volumes: 2

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1548-04

Vingttroisiesme livre de chansons d'Orlande de Lassus, Le Roy et Ballard,1583

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1583-08

Vingttroisiesme livre de chansons d'Orlande de Lassus, Le Roy et Ballard,1585

Volumes: 4

Catalogues: RISM B I, 1585-12

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