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          The group took its name from Claude Gervaise, a French Renaissance composer, editor and arranger (fl.

          Claude Gervaise

          French composer, editor and arranger

          Claude Gervaise (–)[1] was a French composer, editor and arranger of the Renaissance, who is remembered mainly for his association with renowned printer Pierre Attaingnant, and for his instrumental music.

          Life

          Little research has been done on Gervaise's life, and details are known only of the period in which he was active in Paris as an assistant to Attaingnant. He first appears around , mentioned as an editor on the title pages for several of Attaingnant's books of instrumental dances.

          After Attaingnant died in late or , Gervaise continued to assist Attaingnant's widow, Marie Lescallopier-Attaingnant, in carrying on their publishing business.

          Claude Gervaise was a French composer, editor and arranger of the Renaissance, who is remembered mainly for his association with renowned printer Pierre Attaingnant, and for his instrumental music.

        1. Claude Gervaise was a French composer, editor and arranger of the Renaissance, who is remembered mainly for his association with renowned printer Pierre Attaingnant, and for his instrumental music.
        2. Very little is known with any certainty about the life of Claude Gervaise, despite his importance in sixteenth century French secular music.
        3. Claude Gervaise (–) was a.
        4. Claude Gervaise (fl.
        5. Gervaise, Claude, French composer who flourished in the 16th century.

          6. Where Gervaise went after the last publication under the Attaingnant name in is not known.

          Music

          Gervaise's extant output consists of chansons, mostly for three or four voices, and instrumental music, mostly dances.

          He appears to have written no sacred music at all,