Nicolas Payen

Alias: Nicolas Colin

Life

Born: about 1512

Died: February 1559 in Brussels (WP:de); or after April 24 in Madrid (NG)

Biography

Payen was a choirboy in Charles V's capilla flamenca by 1525. In 1556 he succeeded Cornelius Canis as maestro de capilla. Surviving works number 12 motets and 5 chansons.

View the Wikipedia article on Nicolas Payen.

List of choral works

• Avecque vous
• Convertimini ad me in toto corde
• Eripe me de inimicis meis
• Quis dabit capiti meo aquam?
• Virgo prudentissima

 
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Publications

Payen was featured in the following anthology:

• Cantiones selectissimae liber primus (ed. Sigmund Salminger) (Augsburg: Ulhart, 1548)

External links

Works by Nicolas Payen in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)