Alias: Adrian Le Roy
Life
Born: 1520 ca., Pas-de-Calais
Died: 1598, Paris
Biography:
In addition to being a composer of his own books of tablature for guitar and lute, Adrian Le Roy was a partner in the Parisian publishing house of Le Roy & Ballard, which published many books of music starting in 1551. Le Roy published in partnership with his cousin, Robert Ballard, until Ballard's death in 1588. He published three books on his own in 1591, then in partnership with Ballard's widow, Lucrèce Dugué, until his death in 1598. After this, Dugué carried on the business in partnership with her son, Pierre Ballard.
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List of choral works
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Publications
As Composer
Premier livre de chansons en forme de vau de ville composé à quatre parties (Paris, 1573)
As Publisher (with Robert Ballard)
Liber primus sexdecim musicales modulos continens (Paris, 1553)
Liber primus sex missas continens (Paris, 1553)
Quart livre de chansons (Paris, 1553)
Premier recueil de chansons (Paris, 1554)
Tiers livre de chansons (Paris, 1554)
Second recueil de chansons (Paris, 1555)
Cinquièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1556)
Sixièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1556)
Septiesme livre de chansons (Paris, 1556)
Huitièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1557)
Missae tres cum quatuor vocibus ad imitationem modulorum (Paris, 1558)
Dixiesme livre de chansons (Paris, 1559)
Unzièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1559)
Douzièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1559)
Trezièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1559)
Quatorsièsme livre de chansons (Paris, 1561)
Premier recueil des recueilz de chansons (Paris, 1561)
Quinsieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1564)
Second recueil des recueils (Paris, 1564)
Sesieme livre de chansons a quatre et cinc parties (Paris, 1565)
Dixsetieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1565)
Dixhuictieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1565)
Dixneufieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1567)
Vingtieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1569)
Mellange de chansons (Paris, 1572)
Vingtuniesme livre de chansons (Paris, 1577)
Premier livre de chansons a trois parties (Paris, 1578)
Vingtdeuxieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1583)
Vingttroisieme livre de chansons (Paris, 1583)
Vingtquatrieme livre d’airs et chansons (Paris, 1583)
Vingtcinqieme livre d'airs et chansons (Paris, 1585)
References
Imprimeurs et libraires parisiens du XVIe siècle. Tome deuxième , Philippe Renouard (Paris: 1969)
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