Pierre Guédron

Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – ca. 1620 in Paris),^[1] was a French singer and composer known for writing Airs de cour (including Cessés mortels de soupirer).

Guédron's Est-ce Mars (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by Sweelinck (keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 lutes of different sizes).

Editions available

There is a large CNRS library edition of Air de cour.
Garland published a facsimile of the original print which is now out of print.

References

↑ HOASM: Pierre Guédron

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