Févin Antoine de
Févin Antoine de
Févin Antoine de, French composer; b. probably in Arras, c. 1470; d. Blois, 1511 or 1512. He was greatly admired as a composer of sacred music by contemporaries via works publ. in various collections. His extant output includes 9 Masses, 3 Magnificats, 3 Lamentations, motets, and chansons. Robert de Févin may have been his brother.
Bibliography
E. Clinkscale, The Complete Works of A. d.F. (diss., N.Y. Univ., 1965).
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