Antoine Boësset

Antoine Boësset, Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset (1586 – 8 December 1643), Sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half of the 17th century under Louis XIII. His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, Sieur de Dehault, composed church music.

Douce beauté. Pierre Guédron et l'air de cour, 1590-1640 - 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000000Z

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