First page of a 1690 manuscript copy of the musical score for the Ballet Royal de la Nuict, part of the Philidor Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France[1]

Jean de Cambefort (c. 1605 – 4 May 1661) was a French Baroque singer and composer of ballets and liturgical music.[2] He died in Paris, France. He is now mostly remembered for composing six airs (recits) for the Ballet de la Nuit, performed in 1653.[1][3]

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  1. ^ a b Lionel Sawkins in Burden & Thorp 2009, p. 39; "Ballet // Royal // De la Nuict // Divisé en quatre Parties ou quatre Veilles // Dansé // Par sa Majesté le 23e Fevrier 1653. // Recueilly // Par Philidor Laisnée En 1690" (BnF, département Musique, RES F-501) published online at Gallica on November 11, 2018.
  2. ^ McGowan 2001.
  3. ^ Part books of 1655 for II. livre d'airs à quatre parties, de Monsieur de Cambefort. Sur-intendant et maistre ordinaire de la Musique de la Chambre du Roy: haute-contre, basse-contre, and basse-continue, published online at Gallica on September 3, 2015.

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