Pierre Attaingnant

Aliases: Attaignant, Pierre

Life

Born: c. 1494

Died: 1551 or 1552

Biography Attaingnant leased out a printing press 13 January 1514 (1513 Old Style) and is described in the contract as a "bookseller, living in Paris"; he published a breviary in 1525 and 2 years later began printing music, receiving a patent and in 1537 the title "imprimeur et libraire du Roy en musique". His death occurred between October 3 1551 and the end of 1552. He is not definitely known to have been a composer himself.

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List of choral works

• Tourdion

 
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Publications

Chansons nouvelles en musique à quatre parties 1528 Trente et quatre chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1529, January 23 Motetz nouvellement composez – 1529 Trente et cinq chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1529 Quarante et deux chansons musicales à troys parties – 1529, April 22 Trente chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1529 XII motetz musicaulx a quatre et cinq voix – 1529, October 1 Trente et une chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1529, November 1 Trente et huyt chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530, January 1 Six Gaillardes et six Pavanes avec Treze chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530 Neuf basses dances, deux branles, vingt et cinq Pavennes, avec quinze Gaillardes – 1530 Trente et six chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1530 Vingt et neuf chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1530 Trente et troys chansons nouvelles en musique a quatre parties – 1532, February 1 Vingt et huit chansons nouvelles en musique a quatre parties – 1532, February Viginti missarum musicalium – 1532 – in seven volumes Vingt et sept chansons musicales à quatre parties – 1533, April Chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1533, April Trente chansons musicales – 1534, February Vingt et huyt chansons musicales – 1534, March Motettorum, Book 1 – 1534, April Motettorum, Book 2 – 1534, May Motettorum, Book 3 – 1534, June Motettorum, Book 4 – 1534, June Motettorum, Book 6 – 1534, September

Vingt et huyt chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1534, October Motettorum, Book 7 – 1534, November Motettorum, Book 8 – 1534, December Motettorum, Book 9 – 1535, January Motettorum, Book 10 – 1535, February Vingt et six chansons musicales a quatre parties – 1535, February Motettorum, Book 11 – 1535, March Motettorum, Book 12 – 1535, March Trente et une chansons musicales a troys parties – 1535, April Motettorum, Book 13 – 1535, May Livre premier contenant XXIX chansons à quatre parties – 1536, January Premier livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales – 1536, February Second livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales – 1536, February Chansons musicales esleves de plusieurs livres – 1536 Second livre contenant XXV chansons nouvelles a quatre parties – 1536, April Tiers livre contenant XXI chansons à quatre esleves de plusieurs livres – 1536, May Tiers livre contenant XXX chansons vieilles esleves de plusieurs livres – 1538, March Motettorum, Book 14 – 1539 Livre 5: 25 chansons a 4 – 1540 Livre 10: 28 chansons a 4 – 1541 Livre 11: 28 chansons a 4 – 1542 Livre 12: 30 chansons a 4 – 1543 Livre 16: 29 chansons a 4 – 1545 Livre 20: 28 chansons a 4 – 1546 Livre 25: 28 chansons a 4 – 1547

External links

• Works by Pierre Attaingnant in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)