Guillaume Costeley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Guillaume Costeley

French composer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1606

Profession: composer, musicologist, music theorist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Guillaume Costeley

  • Guillaume Costeley [pronounced Cotelay](1530, possibly 1531 – 28 January 1606) was a French composer of the Renaissance.
  • He was the court organist to Charles IX of France and famous for his numerous chansons, which were representative of the late development of the form; his work in this regard was part of the early development of the style known as musique mesurée.
  • He was also one of very few 16th century French composers of music for keyboard.
  • In addition, he was a founding member of the Académie de Poésie et de Musique along with poet Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and he was one of the earliest composers to experiment with microtonal composition.

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