Carpentras (real name, Elzéar Genet)

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Carpentras (real name, Elzéar Genet)

French composer; b. Carpentras, c. 1470; d. Avignon, June 14, 1548. In 1505 he became a chaplain in Avignon. In 1508 he was the leading singer in, and from 1513 to 1521 maestro di cappella of, the Pontifical Chapel in Rome; in 1521 he was sent to Avignon on negotiations connected with the Holy See; in 1524 he made his last visit to Rome; in 1526 he returned to Avignon. Four vols, of his works (masses, 1532; Lamentations, 1532; hymns, 1533; Magnificats, 1537) were publ. in Avignon. His works, severe and dignified in style, were highly esteemed by his contemporaries. They have been ed. by A. Seay in Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae, LVIII (1972–73).

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