The Lost Voices Project

Companion resource to Les livres de Chansons Nouvelles de Nicolas Du Chemin (1549–1568), hosted by the Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours, France

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Bracquet, Gilles

fl. 1550’s

Gilles Bracquet, Flemish composer, served as priest in the town of Ypres between 1551 and 1555. He was also maistre de chant at Notre dame de Paris starting in 1559. Six chansons ascribed to him (Bracquet or Braquet) in publications of Du Chemin and Waelrant.. José Quitin and Henri Vanhulst, “Bracquet, Gilles,” New Grove 2, IV, 173-74..