Severin Cornet

Severin Cornet (c. 1530 – March 1582) was a Franco-Flemish singer, conductor and composer. He was born about 1530 in Valenciennes and studied music in Naples. After completing his education, he served for a while at Mechlin, took a position as singer in Antwerp, and later a position as music director for the Archduke in Innsbruck where he worked from 1572 until 1581. He composed a number of vocal works, including polyphonic madrigals and French chansons in the Italian style,^[1] and published a book of villaneche in Antwerp in 1563 with Genoese sponsorship.^[2] Cornet died in Antwerp.

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^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 6.
^ Pompilio, Angelo (1990). Atti del XIV congresso della Società internazionale. International Musicological Society, Congress. p. 243.

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[1] Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 6.

[2] Pompilio, Angelo (1990). Atti del XIV congresso della Società internazionale. International Musicological Society, Congress. p. 243.

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