Nicolas Formé - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 26, 1567 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 27 May 1638 (aged 71)

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About Nicolas Formé

  • Nicolas Formé (Paris 26 April 1567–27 May 1638) was a French composer. At the age of 20 in 1587 Formé joined the choir of the Sainte-Chapelle, but was excluded from the fraternity for drunkenness and womanising.
  • He was reinstated in 1592, to the Chapelle royale, and then finally, with the support of King Louis XIII, in 1626 he returned to the Sainte-Chapelle as a canon, where he worked under the protection of the King until his death.Formé paid no attention to publishing his works and all his secular works are lost.
  • The sacred works which survive were preserved in the private archive of the French crown.
  • These include motet Ecce tu pulchra es (Ballard, Paris, 1638) 8 settings of the Magnificat in 8 modes. Mass for double choir

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