Geneviève Thibault de Chambure
Geneviève, comtesse Hubert de Chambure Thibault (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1902 – Strasbourg, 1975) was a French musicologist associated with the revival of interest in early music.[1] She graduated from the Sorbonne in 1920 with a thesis on John Dowland and in 1925 co-founded the Société de musique d'autrefois, designed to promote the publication de musical texts (from 1954) and a magazine les Annales musicologiques (from 1955). From 1961 to 1973, she was curator of the historical instrumentals of the Conservatoire de Paris - in addition to having amassed her own private collection. She was an important muse and teacher to the first generation of baroque specialists, including young Americans in Paris - William Christie (harpsichordist) and soprano Judith Nelson. In 1967 she founded the Laboratoire d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale at the CNRS, which was the first national center for the research of music iconography, later becoming the French national center of the Répertoire International d'Iconographie Musicale (RIdIM).
Works
- 1952 edition of the Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu
- With A. Pirro - thèse sur la Chanson française et la Musique instrumentale de 1450 à 1550