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

Explore Les Livres

Herissant, Jehan (Herissant)

fl. 1550’s

Jehan Hérissant was a French singer and composer, active in Paris during the 1550’s. In 1550 he became master of the choirboys at Notre dame. Total of fourteen chansons ascribed to him in Du Chemin and Le Roy et Ballard imprints. “En avoir tant” from Estienne Groulleau 1550. Frank Dobbins, “Herrisant Jehan,” New Grove 2, 00-00.