Bertrand, Antoine de
Bertrand, Antoine de
Bertrand, Antoine de, French composer; b. Fon-tanges, between 1530 and 1540; d. Toulouse, between 1580 and 1582. He settled in Toulouse about 1560, where he became associated with the Ronsardist poets. He later was influenced by the Jesuits.
Works
VOCAL: Secular: Les amours de P. Ronsard for 4 Voices (35 chansons; Paris, 1576; ed. in Monuments de la musique française au temps de la renaissance, IV-V, 1926); Second livre des amours de P. de Ronsard for 4 Voices (25 chansons; Paris, 1578; éd. in ibid., VI, 1927); Tiers livre de chansons for 4 Voices (24 chansons and 1 Italian madrigal; Paris, 1578; ed. in ibid., VII, 1927). sacred:Premier livre de sonets chrestiens mis en musique for 4 Voices (Lyons, 1580); (27) Airs spirituels contenant plusieurs hymnes et cantiques for 4 to 5 Voices (Paris, 1582).
Bibliography
J. Vaccaro, A. d. B. (diss., Univ. of Tours, 1965).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire