Anthoine Boesset

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1587 – 1643

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Who was Anthoine Boesset?

Antoine Boësset,Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset, sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Regime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half of the 17th century under Louis XIII. His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, sieur de Dehault, composed church music.

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Born
1587
Blois
Also known as
  • Antoine Boesset
  • Antoine Boësset
  • Antoine Boësset
Children
Died
1643
Paris

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on July 23, 2013

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