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II. Livre des equivoques du sieur de Chancy, maistre de la musique de la chambre du Roy.

Chancy, François de (1600?-1656) · 1647 · Ballard, Robert (1610?-1672) (Paris) · 8 pictures

A 1647 Paris songbook of French chansons by François de Chancy, music master to the King's chamber, printed by Robert Ballard for courtly singers and musicians. The pages show engraved music staves with decorated historiated initials at the start of each song, set in lines of French verse under the notes, with a clean, regular layout a designer could borrow for musical typography.

Musique · Chansons françaises -- 17e siècle · Genre musical : chanson

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