Richard de Renvoisy

Richard de Renvoisy

Genres: french, 16th century

About Richard de Renvoisy

Richard de Renvoisy (born Nancy, c1520; died Dijon, 6 March 1586) was a French composer. He was at Besançon Cathedral from 1545 to 1554, when he became maître des enfans at the Sainte-Chapelle, Dijon; in 1586 he was arrested for sodomy and burnt at the stake. A highly reputed lutenist, he published musical settings, of 13 Greek lyric odes in French translation (1559).

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