Prosopography of Renaissance Singers is a database of biographies of professional singers who worked in the European chapels from 1350 to 1600. The database collects 4557 entries and offers a wide variety of information, from the variant names of the singers to their dates and places of activities, together with their complete and detailed biographies. This is a project in progress, periodically enriched with newly released biographies.

The project began in 2007 with a research campaign funded by the French National Agency of Research (ANR), in collaboration with the University of Rouen, the Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR) of the University of Tours, the CNRS and Le STUDIUM agency. The database collects the results of biographical research concerning singers active in the institutions of France, the Low Countries and Italy, but also considers the activities of singers in Spain, Germany and other European countries. There are different kinds of entries in the database. The user will find entries in progress, which propose just a few pieces of information, as well as complete entries, available in French and English. The user can query these by full-text search. (Queries in French are more successful than in English, as a large number of biographies are in French.)

Musicologists interested in contributing are invited to contact the responsible of the project, David Fiala.

Collaborators

Belliot Hyacinthe
Bouckaert Bruno
Callewier Hendrik
Cavicchi Camilla
Cingolani Stefano Maria
Dumitrescu Theodor
Fiala David
Gurrieri Marco
McDonald Grantley
Nicolas Patrice
Nys Ludovic
Pilleboue Frédérique
Planchart Alejandro
Sherr Richard
Szpirglas Jacques
Vendrix Philippe

Adam Hocquet fl. 1414-1446†

Roles: Member of a church (musician)

Adolphe de la Verde Rue fl. 1506/1520

Roles: Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer)

Adrian VI 1459-1523

Roles: Employer/Patron ; Teacher ; Writer/Scientist

Adrian Willaert fl. 1515-1562†

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Teacher

Adrien Basin fl. 1456-1498†

Roles: Cleric ; Composer ; Member of a confraternity ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

Aegidius Tschudi 1505-1572

Roles: Copyist/Scribe

Alexandre Huppillon fl. 1486/1487

Roles: Master of choirboys

Amédée VIII de Savoie / pope Felix V fl. 1434-1451†

Roles: Employer/Patron

Andreas de Silva fl. 1513-1522

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a princely/private household ; Singer

André Pitard fl. 1610

Roles: Dedicator

Antoine de Févin circa 1470-1511/1512

Roles: Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Antonius Hucher fl. 1538/1550

Roles: Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Ascanio Sforza fl. 1484/1489

Roles: Employer/Patron

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David Fiala, Prosopography of Renaissance Singers (2004-2016), in RicercarDataLab [http://preprod-ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/projects/5/] (accessed 20 September 2024).

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