Janequin, Clément
Period: Renaissance
Born: c. 1485 in Châtellerault, France
Died: 1558 in Paris, France
Nation of Origin: France
Major Works:
Chansons like La Guerre (about the Battle of Marignan in 1515)
Other Information:
Janequin is known for descriptive chansons similar to Italian caccia where the music imitates sounds of the physical world like bird calls.
General Bibliography:
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton & Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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