Nicolas Saboly
Nicolas Saboly
Genres: 17th century, french
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About Nicolas Saboly
Nicolas Saboly (30 January 1614 – 26 July 1675) was a French poet, composer and choirmaster. He composed many Christmas carols in the Provençal dialect which form one of the monuments of poetry in that language and have been repeatedly republished until the present day. Nicolas Saboly was born on 31 January 1614 in Monteux to a family of herdsmen. His great-grandfather Claude Saboly and his grandfather Raymond Saboly followed this occupation. It was Raymond Saboly who came to settle in Monteux. Nicolas was the youngest son of Felisa Meilheuret and Jean Saboly. He had an older brother named Jean-Pierre Saboly and three sisters named Anne, Félicia (Felisa) and Claire. In 1639 Nicolas Saboly obtained the position of organist and choirmaster of the Saint-Siffrein Cathedral in Carpentras. He was occasionally employed in local festivals, such as on 22 September 1639 when the clergy of Caromb asked him to play the organ for the parish festival of St. Maurice. He received 10 florins and 12 sous for his performance. His name disappears from the accounts of Saint-Siffrein after 20 June 1643, when he was replaced by the choirmaster David. Nicolas Saboly went to Arles where he was choirmaster from 1643 to 1646, then the cathedral of Aix-en-Provence from 1652 to 1655. He was in Nîmes in 1659. He was choirmaster of the collegiate church of Saint-Pierre d'Avignon from before 1668 until his death. On 21 April 1671 Saboly's will was notarized by François Julien in Marseilles. Saboly made his niece Claire Saboly (wife of Christophe Chardenas, bourgeois of Roquemaure, Gard)) his universal heiress. He also bequeathed 600 lt. to his servant Isabeau Sevique, and reserved from his niece's legacy an annuity with 600 lt. of capital yielding 30 lt. annually to be paid to the chapter of Saint-Pierre d'Avignon so that after his death two masses would be said each week in his memory. He died four years later on 25 July 1675 in Avignon. He is buried in the choir of the Saint-Pierre church. Saboly's career as a choirmaster was standard for this period. He is famous for the carols that he composed.
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