Surname
Brument
Given Name
Denis
Variant Name
Brumen
Role
Composer
Musician
Active period
circa 1530 - circa 1540
Biography
Brumen et surtout Le Brumen, nom fréquent en Normandie : nombreuses mentions, dont un Guillaume Le Brumen, chanoine de Rouen vers 1500, mais aucun Denis (voir Inventaires AD 76, G). Grande famille Le Brument jusqu'à nos jours.
Brumen [Brument], Denis [Denys]
(fl c1530–40). Composer of probable French origin. The style of his music is reminiscent of Willaert; structure depends entirely on points of imitation, the melodic and rhythmic style is smooth and fluent, and there is little textural contrast. The use of dissonance is freer and more piquant than Willaert’s, but still controlled and purposeful like Gombert’s. The motets were evidently highly regarded by contemporaries, appearing in an impressive number of sources. In illo tempore is attributed to ‘Brumen’ in all sources but two: the ascription to Richafort in the Munich manuscript (D-Mu Art.401) can be dismissed on stylistic grounds. Domine, labia mea aperies, by contrast, is attributed to ‘Denys Brument’ in one source only (15425); it is anonymous in the other sources, which also present it a 4th higher.
Eitner (probably following a suggestion of Haberl’s) mistakenly identified Brumen with Denis Briant. The styles of the two composers are sufficiently distinct to indicate two separate composers. The chanson Quant me souvient, though ascribed only to ‘Denys’, demonstrates the characteristics of Brumen rather than Briant.
WORKS
Domine, labia mea aperies, 5vv, 15425, 15426, A-Wn Mus.15500, I-Lg 775; In illo tempore … Cum venerit paraclitus, 5vv, 15433, 155313, 155510, CZ-HKm II.A.26, II.A.29, II.A.30, D-Mu Art.401, I-Lg 775, Rvat C.S.19 (attrib. ‘Brumeti’ above music, ‘Brumen’ in table of contents), formerly in Breslau, Stadtbibliothek, MSS 3, 5 (now lost)
Come havrò dunqu’il frutto, 5vv, 154216; arr. for vihuela, 155432 (attrib. ‘Verdeloth’); L’autr’ier je vois dans un bosquet, 4vv, F-Pm Rés.30345A; Quant me souvient de ma triste, 6vv, 155325, 15605, DK-Kk 1873 (anon.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EitnerQ
F.X. Haberl: Bibliographischer und thematischer Musikkatalog des päpstlichen Kapellarchives im Vatikan zu Rom (Leipzig, 1888), 119
J. Dean: ‘Johannes Brunet and Nato canunt omnia’, IMSCR XV: Madrid 1992 [RdMc, xvi (1993)], 2656–72
JEFFREY DEAN
Brumen [Brument], Denis [Denys]
(fl c1530–40). Composer of probable French origin. The style of his music is reminiscent of Willaert; structure depends entirely on points of imitation, the melodic and rhythmic style is smooth and fluent, and there is little textural contrast. The use of dissonance is freer and more piquant than Willaert’s, but still controlled and purposeful like Gombert’s. The motets were evidently highly regarded by contemporaries, appearing in an impressive number of sources. In illo tempore is attributed to ‘Brumen’ in all sources but two: the ascription to Richafort in the Munich manuscript (D-Mu Art.401) can be dismissed on stylistic grounds. Domine, labia mea aperies, by contrast, is attributed to ‘Denys Brument’ in one source only (15425); it is anonymous in the other sources, which also present it a 4th higher.
Eitner (probably following a suggestion of Haberl’s) mistakenly identified Brumen with Denis Briant. The styles of the two composers are sufficiently distinct to indicate two separate composers. The chanson Quant me souvient, though ascribed only to ‘Denys’, demonstrates the characteristics of Brumen rather than Briant.
WORKS
Domine, labia mea aperies, 5vv, 15425, 15426, A-Wn Mus.15500, I-Lg 775; In illo tempore … Cum venerit paraclitus, 5vv, 15433, 155313, 155510, CZ-HKm II.A.26, II.A.29, II.A.30, D-Mu Art.401, I-Lg 775, Rvat C.S.19 (attrib. ‘Brumeti’ above music, ‘Brumen’ in table of contents), formerly in Breslau, Stadtbibliothek, MSS 3, 5 (now lost)
Come havrò dunqu’il frutto, 5vv, 154216; arr. for vihuela, 155432 (attrib. ‘Verdeloth’); L’autr’ier je vois dans un bosquet, 4vv, F-Pm Rés.30345A; Quant me souvient de ma triste, 6vv, 155325, 15605, DK-Kk 1873 (anon.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EitnerQ
F.X. Haberl: Bibliographischer und thematischer Musikkatalog des päpstlichen Kapellarchives im Vatikan zu Rom (Leipzig, 1888), 119
J. Dean: ‘Johannes Brunet and Nato canunt omnia’, IMSCR XV: Madrid 1992 [RdMc, xvi (1993)], 2656–72
JEFFREY DEAN
Bibliography
Pilleboue PCR