Airs de court (secolo XVI) dal Thesaurus Harmonicus: trascritti per canto e pianoforte - Besard, Jean-Baptiste c. 1567-1625; Chilesotti, Oscar 1848-1916 (Milan Ricordi, 1886)
Jean-Baptiste Besard (c.1567-c.1625) was a bisontin lutenist, composer and anthologist who lived and worked in the Holy Roman Empire, notable for publishing two anthologies which collected a diverse range of musical works of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods and included instructions on playing the lute.
The air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650. From approximately 1610 to 1635, during the reign of Louis XIII, this was the predominant form of secular vocal composition in France, especially in the royal court.
bound in with vol. 1 of the series
Originally published in 1603
Ex libris G. le Cerf (manuscript)
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); 19th Century (1801-1900); Song; Lute; Piano; Italy