Bénigne de Bacilly
Composer and music theorist
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| Intro | Composer and music theorist | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Musician Musicologist Composer Music theorist | |
| Work field | Academia Music | |
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| Religion: | Catholicism | |
| Birth | December 1621, Lolif, canton of Sartilly, arrondissement of Avranches, Manche | |
| Death | 27 September 1690Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 68 years) |
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Biography
Bertrand "Bénigne" de Bacilly (Normandy c. 1625 - Paris, 27 September 1690), was a French composer and music theorist, a reformer of the air de cour according to the theories of Pierre de Nyert.
Works, editions and recordings
- Collection Les Airs Spirituels editions published in 1672 and 1677, 1688
- Text Remarques curieuses sur l'art de bien chanter 1688
Recordings
- Bertrand de Bacilly ou l'art d'orner le "beau chant" Ensemble A deux voiles esgales. Saphir 2011
- De Bacilly - Claudine Ansermet, Paolo Cherici. Symphonia 2006
- Airs de Cour - René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi 1999