Clementine de Bourges
Clementine de Bourges (Unknown date, Lyon? - 30 September 1561, Lyon) was a French composer of the 16th century. Accounts affirmed that Clementine mastered several instruments. However, biographical information about her life is scarce.[1] She is mostly known through her prolific compositions of classical music.[2][1] She excelled in choral works and organic music. Mathematician and music writer Franz Gehring considered her compositions to be some of the most important of her time.[3] She died one year after her husband had died fighting against the Huguenots in 1560.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b McVicker, Mary Frech (2011). Women composers of classical music : 369 biographies from 1550 into the 20th century. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4397-0. OCLC 630498292.
- ^ Geiringer, Karl; Drinker, Sophie (March 1948). "Music and Women. The Story of Women in Their Relation to Music". Notes. 5 (2): 234. doi:10.2307/891449. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 891449.
- ^ a b Gehring, Franz (1900). . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 1.8. p. 264.