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Also known as Clement Janequin

French composer

Person · Open Library

Born
ca. 1495
Died
ca. 1560
Works
7

Top works

  • Cinquiesme livre du recueil, contenant, quatre excellentes chansons anciennes...le tout, en musique, à quatre parties, en quatre volumes
  • Chansons polyphoniques
  • Chansons
  • Look down, O Lord
  • Messe, La bataille

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Film & TV

Sound

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11,467
Total plays
53,457

Tags

renaissanceearly musicClassicalfrenchcomposer

Clément Janequin (c. 1485 in Châtellerault, near Poitiers – 1558 in Paris) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cl%C3%A9ment+Janequin">Read mo

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
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Cited by
3

Research areas

RestitutionArtHumanitiesPolitical scienceLaw

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Clément Janequin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.

Life

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