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Pierre Attaingnant
Person · male · France · Douai · born 1494 · died 1552 · recording since 2002
French music printer and composer
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Also known as ピエール・アテニャン · P. 阿泰尼昂 · Pierre Attaignant · Pierre Attaignant · ピエール・アテニャン
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1490s
1550s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Préludes, Chansons & Danses pour luth
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography190 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1337618927
Biography
Pierre Attaingnant or Attaignant (c. 1494 – late 1551 or 1552) was a French music publisher, active in Paris. He was one of the first to print music by single-impression printing, greatly reducing the labor involved, and he published music by more than 150 composers.
Life
Attaingnant learned the printing trade by printing first "livres d'heure" with the printer Philippe Pigouchet who sold them to Simon Vostre book shop located in St John the evangelist street near the Sorbonne University in the Parisian student district. Later Pigouchet became Attaingnant's father-in-law when Attaingnant married his daughter.
Attaingnant published over 1500 chansons by many different composers, including Paris composers Claudin de Sermisy, Pierre Sandrin and Pierre Certon, and most prominently Clément Janequin with five books of chansons by Josquin Desprez . Attaingnant acquired royal privileges for his music books, which were renewed many times. In 1537, he was named imprimeur et libraire du Roy en musique (printer and bookseller of the King for music) for Francis I of France.
Legacy
Of Attaingnant's publications, 111 are known to have survived to the present day, and they form an important source of information about sixteenth-century music.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -450 | 0.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 1:16:59
113 Motetz: Prélude (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)0:412Aller my fault sur la verdure (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:523J'ay contente ma volunte (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:304Gaillarde No. 13 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:185Au joli bois je rencontray m'amye (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:176Pavane No. 23 "Ballo" - Gaillarde No. 24, Saltarello "Bel fiore" (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:177Aupres de vous secretement demeure (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:218Branle No. 16 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)0:549A mes ennuis que si longtemps je porte (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:0510Vignon, vignette (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:0611D'ou vient cela (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:1912Gaillarde No. 32 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:2413Celle qui m'a tant pourmene (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:0914Branle No. 14 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)0:5115Puisqu'en deux cueurs y a vraye union (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:2816Suite: Gaillarde No. 4 - Branle commun No. 5 - Branle gay No. 6 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:5217Magnificat sur les huit tons: Prélude sur chacun ton (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)3:3718Ma bouche rit et mon cueur pleure (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:4319Pavane No. 31 "Ballo" - Gaillarde No. 2, Saltarello "La Svizzera" (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)2:1120Jouyssance vous donneray, mon amy (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:1221Aspice Domine (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)5:0422Dessus le marche d'Arras (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:3423Gaillarde No. 29 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:0924Mon cueur en vous a s'amour commence (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:5025Gaillarde No. 11 (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:0826Contre raison vous m'estes fort estrange (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:5127Gaillarde No. 7 "On the Passamezzo Antico" (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:3828Il est jour dit l'alouette (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:4929Gaillarde No. 22 "Basse danse" (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:0230Le departir de cil qui tant l'aymoye (Published by P. Attaingnant, Paris, 1531)1:5631Corranto (incomplete) [Published by G. Le Bé, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris]1:1132Quant j'eu cogneu en ma pensée (MS Munich 2987)1:2133Fantasy (1582) [Opening Fragment] - Fantasy [1585] [Opening Fragment]0:5534Pavane "Passamezzo nuovo" (J. Cellier Manuscript, 1597)1:5535Fantasia à 4 sopra "Anchor che col partire"3:3336Fantasie sur l'air de ma Bergere - Pavane de Aranda [Aberdeen Manuscript, pi 7841 Arc]1:4437Fantasie No. 396:1438Seigneur Dieu, ta pitié s'estende dessus moi6:58
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Préludes, Chansons & Danses pour luthSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:02:121Bransle gay4:37 2Pavane & sauterelle3:43 3Bransle de Poictou3:01 4Prelude1:48 5Le jaulne et blanc2:49 6Bransle gay, C'est mon ami3:51 7La Magdalena2:34 8Hautberroys5:06 9Prelude2:34 10Une bergerote3:25 11La roque3:29 12Destre amoureux2:17 13Bransle gay1:44 14Il me suffit1:51 15Prelude1:06 16Amy souffres3:12 17Gaillarde4:38 18Tant que vivray1:32 19La brosse2:08 20Prelude1:52 21Dolent depart2:38 22Cuer angoisseux2:17 | Compilation | 25 June 2002 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pierre Attaingnant head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -450 | 0.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b5d35a40-56fb-40d7-abd9-79acb01cb185core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q644849seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Attaingnantbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Attaingnant
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Wikidata: Q644849 · MusicBrainz: b5d35a40-56fb-40d7-abd9-79acb01cb185
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