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Jannequin, Clément

Jannequin, Clément (klāmäN' zhänukăN') [key], c.1485–1558, French composer, famous for his descriptive four-part chansons about birds, battles, hunts, and other subjects. He also composed motets and spiritual chansons.

See A. Einstein, The Italian Madrigal (1949).

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