Guillaume Belin

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Guillaume Belin (? - 1568) (sometimes cited as Bellin, Bellyn, or Belain) was a French Renaissance singer and composer. His known compositions of chansons date to about 1539. [1] Pieces by Belin were included in two of the volumes of "New Songs with Four Parts" published in 1543 and 1544 in Paris by Pierre Affeingnant and Hubert Jullet. [2] He is known to have been employed as a singer at the Chapelle royale circa 1547, and also became sous-maître de la chapelle. [1] [3] He was later at the Sainte-Chapelle where he set music to "Hymns of the Bible" in French. [2] He died the year 1568. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Pratt, Waldo Selden. The History of Music. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1907. 138.
  2. 1 2 Fétis, F. J. (1873). Biographie du Universelle des Musiciens (in French). Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres. p. 323.
  3. ↑ "Belin, Guillaume (circa 1500-3 Dec. 1568). Composer; Musician; Singer · Prosopographie des chantres de la Renaissance". ricercar.pcr.cesr.univ-tours.fr. Retrieved 2025-11-15.


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