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Jehan Soulas (died before 1542) was an early 16th century French sculptor, working in both the Gothic and Renaissance styles. He made several sculpted groups for the choir wall of Chartres Cathedral. [1]
Chartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris. Chartres is famous worldwide for its cathedral. Mostly constructed between 1193 and 1250, this Gothic cathedral is in an exceptional state of preservation. The majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. Much of the old town, including the library associated with the School of Chartres, was destroyed by bombs in 1944.
François Daniel Roth is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He currently serves as one of two cotitular organists at the church of Saint-Sulpice in France's capital, Paris, alongside Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin.
Alain Vanzo was a French opera singer and composer, one of few French tenors of international standing in the postwar era. He, along with such singers as Henri Legay and the Canadian Léopold Simoneau, represented a traditional French lyric style during a period when larger Italian and German vocal styles had become popular.
Janine Micheau was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of her era in France, particularly associated with lyric soprano and coloratura soprano repertory.
Georges Paul Aimé Danion was a French organ builder.
The Chartres pilgrimage, also known in French as the pèlerinage de Chrétienté, is an annual pilgrimage from Notre-Dame de Paris to Notre-Dame de Chartres occurring around the Christian feast of Pentecost, organized by Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, a Catholic lay non-profit organization based in Versailles, France. Although the pilgrimage has existed since 1983, the organisation was not founded until 2000.
Léonor-Jean-Christin Soulas d'Allainval, called abbé d'Allainval, was an 18th-century French playwright.
Jean Le Fèvre, was a 16th-century French canon in Langres and Bar-sur-Aube.
Félicie-Marie-Emilie d'Ayzac (1801–1881) was a French poet and art historian. She is remembered for her poetry collection Soupirs poétiques (1833) and for her Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Denis.
Innocent Boutry was a French chapel master, active in several towns between 1657 and 1680 and notably in Le Mans.
Adolphe Alexandre Silvain Marty was a French organist, improviser, composer and music educator who was blind for most of his life.
Albert Paul Alain was a 20th-century French organist and composer.
Denis Comtet is a French organist, pianist, choral conductor and conductor.
Bruno Boterf is a contemporary French tenor, specialising in Baroque and early music.
Jehan (Jean) Texier or Le Texier, better known as Jehan (Jean) de Beauce was a 15th/16th-century French architect. He is known for his works of religious architecture, notably on the Chartres cathedral of which he reconstructed the northern spire.
Georges Guillard is a French organist, former holder of the Great Organ of the Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux church in Paris.
The choir wall of Chartres Cathedral is a piece of stone architecture and sculpture in Chartres Cathedral, over 6 metres tall and around 100 metres long. It was commissioned right at the start of the 16th century by Jehan de Beauce to keep the laity out of the liturgical choir.
François Marchand was a French sculptor. He was born in Orléans and died in Paris. He made several sculpted groups for the choir wall of Chartres Cathedral and the tomb of King Francis I in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
Jean-Baptiste Tuby II was a French sculptor, son of Jean-Baptiste Tuby.
Sabine Aubert, born August 31, 1968 in Paris, is a french conductor. At the age of 20, she founded her own orchestra, the Odyssey Symphony Orchestra .. During her career, she contributed to make symphonic music accessible to everyone.
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