Pierre Guédron Explained

Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris),^[1] was a French singer and composer.

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).

Works

• 6 books of Airs de cour à quatre et cinq parties
• Airs de différents autheurs mis en tablature de luth
• 1602: Ballet sur la Naissance de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme
• 1610: Ballet de Monseigneur le duc de Vendosme oder Ballet d'Alcine
• 1613: Ballet de Madame
• 1614: Ballet des Argonautes
• 1615: Ballet du Triomphe de Minerve
• 1615: Ballet de Monsieur le Prince
• 1617: Ballet du Roy ou Ballet de la Délivrance de Renaud
• 1618: Ballet des Princes
• 1619: Ballet du Roy sur L'Adventure de Tancrède en la forest enchantée

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.

External links

Free scores by Pierre Guédron on International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

Notes and References

1. Web site: HOASM: Pierre Guédron . 2023-11-20 . www.hoasm.org.