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Pierre Guédron
Personb. 1570 · Châteaudun, France, France
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Pierre Guédron was a French composer and singer active in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Born in the late 16th century, he served as a musician at the courts of Henry IV and Louis XIII, becoming one of the leading composers of airs de cour. His works helped transition French secular song from Renaissance polyphony toward the emerging Baroque style. He collaborated with poet Pierre de Brach and contributed significantly to the development of the French air, publishing several collections between 1602 and 1620. His compositions were widely performed in aristocratic salons and influenced later French vocal music.
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Guédron: Airs de cour, Livre premier: No. 3, Quand l'infidèle usoit envers moy
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Est-ce Mars du Ballet pour Madame / Courantes Mars / Had ick duysend ijsere tongen / Aujourd'huy la musique céleste
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Si le parler & le silence (A Musicall Banquet, No. 12)
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A Thousand Kisses Deep / Un jour L'amoureuse Sylvie
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Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie
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Si le parler et la silence
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Airs de cour, Livre premier: No. 61, Lorsque Léandre amoureux
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Si jamais mon ame blessée
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Airs de cour, Livre premier: No. 52, Bien qu'un cruel martyre
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Vous que le Bonheur rappelle
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Vous que le bonheur rappelle (A Musicall Banquet, No. 14)
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Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (A Musicall Banquet, No. 13)
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