François Regnard

François Regnard (f.1570s) was a French renaissance composer. He studied and sang, and later was maître de chapelle at Tournai Cathedral.[1] He is mainly remembered for his settings of Ronsard's chansons.

Recordings can be found in anthologies of chansons by the Ensemble Clement Janequin, by Parthenia, and by the Egidius Kwartet.

He is no known relation to Jacob Regnart (1540s–1599), a more famous Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer who spent most of his career in Prague.

References

  1. ^ Marie-Thérèse Bouquet-Boyer, Pierre Bonniffet, Claude le Jeune et son temps en France et dans les états de Université de Savoie 1996 FRANÇOIS REGNARD p116 "In an approach comparing Claude Le Jeune with his contemporaries, the name of François Regnard naturally springs to mind"