Gilet Velut

Gilet Velut (fl. early 15th century) was a French composer of the early Renaissance.

Life and career

Velut was a petit vicaire ('little vicar') at Cambrai Cathedral from 1409 through 1411.[1] He went with Charlotte of Bourbon to Cyprus in 1411;[2] serving in the role of a chaplain. Nothing else is known for certain about the life of this composer.[1]

Music

Vilet has been suggested as the composer for all secular music in the Codex Cyprius.[1]

Works

List of compositions by Gilet Velut[1]
Title Genre No. of voices Manuscript source: Folios[n 1][3][4] Reaney
Gloria 3 Gloria I-Bc Q.15: 111v–112r R 127
Credo 3 Credo I-Bc Q.15: 33v–35r R 132
I-Bc Q.15: 112v–113v
Benedicta viscera/Ave mater gratie/Ora pro nobis Deum alleluya 3 Motet GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 102v–103 R 137
4 GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213 R 217
Summe summy/Summa summy 4 Motet I-Bc Q.15: 290v–291r R 145
I-TRbc MS 1374 [87] (Trent 87)
Jusqu'au jour d'uy pour aprendre a parler 3 Ballade GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 101 R 125
Laissiés ester vostres chans de liesse 3 Ballade GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 100 R 122
Un petit oyselet chantant 3 Ballade GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 89v–90 R 119
Je voel servir plus c'onques mais 3 Rondeau GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 89 R 118
No other works by Velut survive

Editions

Velut's work is included in the following collections:

  • Reaney, Gilbert (1959). Early Fifteenth-century Music. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Vol. 2 Works of Franchois Lebertoul, Guillaume Le Grant, Johannis Le Grant, Guillermi Malbecque, Johannis Reson, Gilet Velut, and others. Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Institute of Musicology. OCLC 1088534820.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "v" and "r" stand for verso and recto respectively; in left-right language books, verso is the front page while recto is the back page.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Wright 2001.
  2. ^ Strohm 2005, p. 145.
  3. ^ "I-Bc Q.15 – Inventory". Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ "GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213 – Inventory". Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

Sources