Few composers of the Renaissance were more popular in
their lifetimes than Janequin. His chansons were
well-loved and widely sung. The programmatic chansons
for which Janequin is famous were long, sectional
pieces, and usually cleverly imitated natural or
man-made sounds (La chasse, les cris de Paris, Le chant
des oiseaux). The Battle of Marignano (Marignano Italy
today Melegnano town 16 km southeast of Milan), took
place on 13 and September 14, 1515 (Thursday and
Friday) and opposed Francis I o...(+)
Few composers of the Renaissance were more popular in
their lifetimes than Janequin. His chansons were
well-loved and widely sung. The programmatic chansons
for which Janequin is famous were long, sectional
pieces, and usually cleverly imitated natural or
man-made sounds (La chasse, les cris de Paris, Le chant
des oiseaux). The Battle of Marignano (Marignano Italy
today Melegnano town 16 km southeast of Milan), took
place on 13 and September 14, 1515 (Thursday and
Friday) and opposed Francis I of France and its allies
to Venetians Swiss defending the Milanese. (from
Wikipedia)