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Pierre Colin

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Pierre Colin was a French composer active between 1538 and 1572.[1] He was a singer in the Sainte-Chapelle from 1532 to 1536.[2] He was the organist and choirmaster of Autun Cathedral from 1539 until 1565 while serving as priest.[1][3] His compositions were compiled by 1541 by Jacques Moderne, one of the earliest folios from a single composer.[2][4] This publication consisted of magnificats, masses, and motets, numbering eight of each type.[5] His Christus resurgens has been misattributed to Palestrina.[6]

Colin's masses are classified as Parody music.[1] His most highly esteemed works are his thirty six motets, which demonstrate melodic sense, textual clarity, and timing.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lengefeld, William C. (2001). "Colin, Pierre". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06092. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Pratt, Waldo Selden. The History of Music. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1907. 138.
  3. ^ Sherr, Richard (1998). The Moderne Motet Anthologies. Garland Publishing, Inc. p. xvii. ISBN 0-8240-7910-8.
  4. ^ van Orden, Kate (2013). Music, Authorship, and the Book in the First Century of Print. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780520276505.
  5. ^ Lewis, Mary (2013). Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569. Taylor & Francis. p. 25. ISBN 9781135575007.
  6. ^ Stevenson, Robert (1961). Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age. University of California Press. p. 273. LCCN 61-7518.

Further reading

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  • The motets of Pierre Colin (fl. 1538-1564) - by William Chris Lengefeld, University of Iowa, 1969