Jean de Cambefort

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First page of a 1690 manuscript copy of the musical score for the Ballet Royal de la Nuict, part of the Philidor Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France[1]

Jean de Cambefort (c.1605 – 4 May 1661) was a French Baroque singer and composer of ballets and liturgical music.[2] He died in Paris, France. He is now mostly remembered for composing six airs (recits) for the Ballet de la Nuit, performed in 1653.[1][3]

  • 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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