Antoine Boësset, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Boësset

French musician (1587-1643)

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1587

Place of Birth: Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1643

Profession: composer, choreographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antoine Boësset, Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset (1586 – 8 December 1643), sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour.
He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half of the 17th century under Louis XIII.
His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, sieur de Dehault, composed church music.