Prosopography of Renaissance Singers | RicercarDataLab

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.

Contributors

Avocat Guillaume

Belliot Hyacinthe

Bouckaert Bruno

Callewier Hendrik

Cavicchi Camilla

Cingolani Stefano Maria

Dumitrescu Theodor

McDonald Grantley

Nicolas Patrice

Pilleboue Frédérique

Planchart Alejandro

Szpirglas Jacques

Vendrix Philippe

Pasquet Busquet fl. 1469-1491†

Roles: Composer ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Petrus vanden Haghe fl. 1486

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Organist

Philibert II de Savoie, dit le Beau fl. 1498/1502

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Employer/Patron

Philip I the Fair [Philip of Castile] 1478-1506

Roles: Employer/Patron

Philippe II de Savoie fl. circa 1475-1497†

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Employer/Patron

Philippon Des Hayes fl. 1454/1479

Roles: Member of a court chapel (musician)

Piero Delapiazza fl. 1482/1485

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Tenor

Pierre Attaingnant circa 1494-1551/1553

Roles: Employer/Patron ; Music printer

Pierre Basiron fl. 1458-1529†

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

Pierre Biaumont fl. 1503

Roles: Composer

Pierre de Calonne fl. 1450-1503†

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

Pierre Dupuys fl. 1465

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

Pierre Du Wez (Cambrai) fl. 1443-1483†

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

Pierre Euvrart fl. 1437-1472†

Roles: Master of choirboys

Pierre Mérat fl. 1585

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

Pieter van der Straeten fl. 1469-1489

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Tenor

Pietrequin [Dijon] [Pietrequin —] fl. 1520/1521

Roles: Member of a church (musician) ; Singer

Pius II [Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini] 1405-1464

Roles: Employer/Patron

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Fiala David, Prosopography of Renaissance Singers (2004-2016), in RicercarDataLab [http://preprod-ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/projects/5/] (accessed 16 April 2025).

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