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420 SEEMISY SERMISY
in 1532 when they met at Boulogne ; on both
occasions the English and the French musicians
delighted their hearers with their performances.
A work published in 1554, the Rudimeids
de Musicque by Maximilien Guilliaud, was dedicated
to the
' excellent musicien Monsieur
Maistre Claude de Sermisy, maistre de laChapelle
du Roy, etehanoinedelaSaiute-OhapelleduPalais
fioyal h, Paris ;
15 Septembre, 1552.' Sermisy
probably resigned the post of sous-maitre soon
after this date, but retained his connection with
La Sainte-Chapelle until August 16, 1561, his
name then appearing for the last time on the
rolls of the Chapter meetings. He died in
1562.
Four part -books containing twenty -eight
motets composed by Sermisy were published in
1542
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: Nora et prima moteotorum editio 6, 5,
4, 3, et 2 vocum, Lib. 1, 2, 3, Paris.' Pierre
Attaingnant.
Claude de Sermisy, or Claudin. as he is almost
invariably called in music- books, shows an
extraordinarily wide range as a composer
love songs, masses, motets were published in
rapid succession, and retained their popularity
for many years after his death, if one may judge
by the number of reprints of his works.
Upwards of 200 of his chansons were included
in the various collections of the period.
The set of song-books published by Pierre
Attaingnant in Paris, commencing in January
1529, with the 'Trente et huyt chansons
musioales k quatre parties,' which were continued
until 1535, contained ninety-two chansons
by Claudin. The same publishers commenced
a new series in 1538, ' Premier livre coutenant
XXV chansons nouvelles h, quatre parties ; '
in this
set, up to the ' vingtseptiesme livre' in 1548,
there were thirty -five chansons by Claudin.
About the same time Jacques Moderne in Lyons
was publishing the various volumes of Le
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Parangon des Chansons,' and in the 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 7th, 9th, and 10th volumes (1538-43),
which were often reprinted, Claudin was represented
by about twelve different songs. In
Venice the Pi-imo ' libro de le Canzoni francese,'
published by Scotto in 1535, included 'Faict
ou failly,' for four voices, by Claudin. While
at Anvers, Tylman Susato printed, in 1544,
Claudin's '0 combien est malheureux,' in the
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Quatriesm e livre des chansons h, quatre parties.
In Paris, Attaingnant's song-books were being
replaced by Nicolas Du Chemin's publications,
the Premier, Second, and the ' Quart livre du
recueil oontenant . . . chansons Ji quatre parties'
in 1551, contained altogether fifteen of Claudin's
chansons. Shortly before his death, Adrian Le
Boy and Robert Ballard of Paris, the widely
known imprimeurs du ' roy,' who published
much of the music of the 16 th century, produced
the ' Livi-e de raeslanges, contenant six
vingtz chansons des plus rares . . . soit des
autheurs antiques, soit des plus meraorables de
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notre temps,' 1560, which contained Claudin's
' Peine et travail me faut ' for six voices.
Claudin's claim to be a pupil of the great
Josquin rests on a phrase in the preface to this
volume : 'Josquin des Prez, hennuyer de nation,
et ses disciples, Mouton, Claudin, Jaquet,' etc.
The same publishers also issued in 1571 the
' Second recueil de chansons k quatreparties, . . .
in which were eight chansons by Claudin.
There is one song in Granjon's 'Trophfe, livre 2.'
there are four in U primo ' libro di madrigali
d'Archadelt atre voci'(Venetia, Gardano, 1559)
another, ' On en dire ce qu'on,' in the ' Troisieme
livre delle muse a tre voci' (Venice, Scotto,
1562), and three more in the Prime ' libro de
canzoni francese a due voci ' (Venice, Antonio
Gardano, 1564).
In 1532 Attaingnant issued seven volumes
of Masses by various composers, these included
the following by Claudin for four voices :
Liber I. Secunda eat * FhUomena praevia.'
„ XL Secunda est 'MiBBa IX lectionum.'
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„ IIL Prima est Missa plurimn motetarum.'
„ rv. Secunda est 'JUiesa pro defunctis.'
„ VIL Prima est ' Domini est terra.'
In 1534 Attaingnant published :
Missarum musicallum ad quatuor Toces, pares. Liber II. *Tota
pulchra,' Claudin ;
* Miasa ad placitum,' Claudin ; etc.
Liber IIL 'Missa Dominus quia babitabit,' Claudin. Paris, 1540.
In 1656 Nicolas Du Chemin published in
Paris a great collection of Masses, among
them :
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Missa cum quatuor vocibus. Ad imitationem moduli : Ab initio
condita . . . auctore D. Claudio de Sermisy Begio Symphoniacorum
ordiui praefecto et in regali parislenala palatii aacello
canonico.
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Missa cum quatuor Todbus. Ad Imitationem cantionis ; Voulant
I'honneur ' condita, etc.
MiBsa cum quatuor vocibus paribua, ' Ad imitationem moduli
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Tota pulcbnL es ' condita, etc.
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Miaaa cum quinque vocibus. Ad imitationem moduli ; Quare
fremuerunt gentes' condita, etc.
Three of the masses printed in 1532 were
reissued :
Miesae tree Claudio de Sermisy Kegii Sacelll magiatro, praeatantiaaimo
miisico auc1x>re . . . cum quatuor vocibua . . . Novem lectionum
' fol. 2 Fhiloniena praavia ; ' fol. 13 Domini ' ; * eat terra
fol. 23.
Lutetiae 1558 apud Adrianum Le Boy et Bobt. BaUard, folio.
There was another edition in 1583. The
same publishers in the ' Missae tres a Claudio de
Sermisy, Joannes Maillard, Claudio Goudimel,
cum quatuor vocibus 'conditae,' 1558, included
Claudin's Missa plurium modulorum. ' ' His
motets. were published in such collections as
the 'Fior de motetti' (n526), the 'Motetti
del fiore' (1532). Rhaw's 'Tricinia' (1542),
and Ochsenkuhn's 'Tabulatur Buoh' (1558).
MS. copies of Claudin's music are to be found
in different foreign libraries, in Ifome, Berlin,
Cambrai, Bologna, in the Dresden Royal Library,
MS. 1270, No. 5, a Laudate Dominum
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for six voices by Claudin ; in the Munich
Royal Library, MSS. 69, 92, and 132 contain
motets and MSS. 202, 204, 205, and 207
various chansons, all were published in the
16th century.
Of modem reprints, M. Henri Expert's publication
Les ' maitres musiciens ' includes Attaingnant's
' Trente et un chansons' (1529), of which
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