About Jean de Cambefort
Lived 1605 – 1661 (aged 55–56). Jean de Cambefort was a French composer.
Jean de Cambefort ( – 4 May 1661) was a French Baroque singer and composer of ballets and liturgical music. He died in Paris, France. He is now mostly remembered for composing six airs (recits) for the Ballet de la Nuit, performed in 1653.
Works Ballet de la Nuit, 1653; Récit du temps et des quatre saisons, v Ballet du Temps (LWV 1), 1654; Airs de cour, Parigi, 1651; II. livre d’airs, Parigi, 1655; 17 arias, from 1651 and 1655.
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Who was Jean de Cambefort?
French composer
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Jean de Cambefort was born in 1605 in Paris.
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Jean de Cambefort died on 4 May 1661 in Paris.
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Jean de Cambefort was a composer.
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Jean de Cambefort was French.
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