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

Avocat Guillaume
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

Galeazzo Maria Sforza fl. 1471-1476†

Roles: Employer/Patron

Gerard Bruyne fl. 1342-1370

Roles: Choirmaster ; First Chaplain ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Gilles de Bretagne fl. 1444

Roles: Employer/Patron

Gilles Flannel alias L'Enfant fl. 1418-1466†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Priest ; Singer

Guillaume Bassillon fl. 1564

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Dore fl. 1463-1474†

Roles: Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a court chapel (musician)

Guillaume Du Fay circa 1397-1474

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Priest

Guillaume Faugues fl. 1462-1471

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer)

Guillaume Guéroult alias Seigneur de Brusquet 1507-1569

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Printer/Publisher ; Writer/Scientist

Guillaume Hue fl. circa 1510-1522†

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Priest

Guillaume Le Métayer (Modiatoris) alias de Malebecque circa 1405-1465

Roles: Choirboy ; Cleric ; Composer ; Illegitimate birth ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Guillaume Pietrequin fl. 1502-1528

Roles: Master of choirboys ; Member of a church (musician)

Guillaume Richafort fl. 1507-1541†

Roles: Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Priest

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David Fiala, Prosopography of Renaissance Singers (2004-2016), in RicercarDataLab [http://preprod-ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/projects/5/] (accessed 10 November 2024).

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