Surname
Bonnefond (de)
Given Name
Simon
Role
Composer
Master of choirboys
Musician
Active period
1551 - 1571
Biography
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FreedmanDC
Bonnefond. According to an edition of a Requiem Mass published in 1556, Simon de Bonnefond was maistre des enfants at the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand. Two chansons ascribed to him in Du Chemin publications from the 1550’s. Frank Dobbins, New Grove 2, “Bonnefond, Simon,” New Grove 2, III, 867.
NG2
Bonnefond, Simon de (fl Clermont-Ferrand, 1551–7). French composer. According to the title-page of his five-voice Missa pro mortuis (Paris, 1556), he was a canon and master of the choirboys at Clermont-Ferrand. Three four-voice chansons by him were included in anthologies also printed by N. Du Chemin in Paris (15519 and 155710). The Requiem includes the introit, Kyrie, Sarum gradual (Si ambulans), Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei and communion. The five voices are retained throughout the polyphonic sections; the cantus firmus is occasionally presented in the upper voices, with the lower voices paraphrasing the chant in imitation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. Lesure and G. Thibault: ‘Bibliographie des éditions musicales publiées par Nicolas Du Chemin (1549–1576)’, AnnM, i (1953), 268–373; iv (1956), 251–4; vi (1958–63), 403–6
FRANK DOBBINS
FreedmanDC
Bonnefond. According to an edition of a Requiem Mass published in 1556, Simon de Bonnefond was maistre des enfants at the Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand. Two chansons ascribed to him in Du Chemin publications from the 1550’s. Frank Dobbins, New Grove 2, “Bonnefond, Simon,” New Grove 2, III, 867.
NG2
Bonnefond, Simon de (fl Clermont-Ferrand, 1551–7). French composer. According to the title-page of his five-voice Missa pro mortuis (Paris, 1556), he was a canon and master of the choirboys at Clermont-Ferrand. Three four-voice chansons by him were included in anthologies also printed by N. Du Chemin in Paris (15519 and 155710). The Requiem includes the introit, Kyrie, Sarum gradual (Si ambulans), Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei and communion. The five voices are retained throughout the polyphonic sections; the cantus firmus is occasionally presented in the upper voices, with the lower voices paraphrasing the chant in imitation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. Lesure and G. Thibault: ‘Bibliographie des éditions musicales publiées par Nicolas Du Chemin (1549–1576)’, AnnM, i (1953), 268–373; iv (1956), 251–4; vi (1958–63), 403–6
FRANK DOBBINS