Clement Janequin (ca. 1485-1558) is one of the biggest French musicians of Renaissance. He illustrates magnificently all types of the song profane and develop a descriptive usage of the polyphony which makes heard with a brightness grabbing the song of birds, the din of battles or shouting of Paris. But his musical creativeness knew precedents and is not isolated. Under different forms, worry of voice, onomatopoeias and sound realism meet in humanist literature and in poem. If Janequin is inspired by the best poets in his/her time, as Marot or Ronsard, the songs stimulate in their turn the writing of literature and influence Rabelais. The musician answers a common desire to liberate the potentialities of voice and to find in the materiality of language a new means to express emotion.

Uniting historians, musicologists and literary, this symposium will try to specify the place and the singularity of Janequin in these sound explorations. But voice could not be a simple object of study! Debates will therefore be livened up with reading by Olivier Bettens and the first day will end with a concert of Group Clement Janequin.

International symposium organised with the help of National Library of France, RARE Team of the University Stendhal Grenoble 3, CERILAC team of the University Paris Diderot Paris, Laboratory GERHICO of the University of Poitiers, French Society of Musicology (SFM), French Society of Study of the Sixteenth Century (SFDES).

On Thursday, March 25th, 2010, BNF, Small auditorium

9 h Isabel His, Olivier Hal vy, Jean Vignes, Opening of symposium

Clement Janequin: a peculiar musician.

History, broadcasting and reception of its work

9 h 30 - 12 h

9 h 30 Christelle Cazaux-Kowalski (University of Poitiers), what does be known about Clement Janequin?

10 h Audrey Boucaut-Graille (CESR), The broadcasting printed by the songs of Clement Janequin

10 h 30 Pause

11 h Jean Duchamp (Light university Lyons 2), religious compositions of Clement Janequin on French text: the song in the service of faith

11 h 30 Jacques barber (CESR), More no suys what I ay est or the transformations of some songs of Clement Janequin

Sound realism: context and destiny of Janequin

14 h-17 h

14 h Helen Casanova-Robin (Paris university Sorbonne), imitative virtues of poetic language: researches on the expressiveness of rhythm and of sounds in the Actius de Pontano (1499)

14 h 30 Lecture*: Peletier, Ba f, odd birds .

14 h 45 Isabel Ragnard (Paris university Sorbonne), '"And known! : the descriptive French songs in the XIVth century

15 h 15 Pause

15 h 45 Lecture*: Rabelais, the flea in the aureille .

16 h Laurent Vissi re (Paris university Sorbonne), The shouting of Paris. Birth of a literary and musical type (XIIITH - XVTH centuries)

16 h 30 Isabel His (University of Poitiers), The invention of the 'm l e ' in music: from the song of battle to the song of victory

Concert

18 h 30 Concert of Group Clement Janequin

Dominique Visse, alto

Hugues Primard, tenor

Vincent Bouchot, tenor

Fran ois Fauch , baritone

Renaud Delaigues, bass

Eric Bellocq, lute and organ

On Friday, March 26th, 2010, Paris university Diderot

Pack-saddle. Market hall in Flours, esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet, 75013

Lecture theatre A2

Clement Janequin reader and interpreter of the poets

9 h 15 - 12 h

9 h 15 Lecture*: Clement and his poets .

9 h 30 Claire Bottineau-Sicard (Paris university Diderot), Mellin of Saint - Froze put in music by Clement Janequin

10 h Fran ois Rouget (Queens College, Canada), The bet in music of the poems of Ronsard by Clement Janequin

10 h 30 Pause

11 h Annie Coeurdevey (CESR), Clement Janequin as forerunner of a French-style madrigalisme

11 h 30 Jeanice Brooks (Southampton University, Great Britain), The melodious body: Janequin and obscenity in Renaissance

Poets and writers readers of Janequin?

Musical and literary sound realism: influence, convergences and divergences

14 h-17 h

14 h Frank Dobbins (University of Montreal, Canada), Janequin, Rabelais and verbal music

14 h 30 Lecture*: Of the Battle of Metz in the mass of battle

15 h 40 Jeans Vignes (Paris university Diderot), The descriptive songs of Janequin: trial of poetic reading

15 h 10 Pause

15 h 45 Lecture*: "Hachegigottis"

16 h Olivier Hal vy (University new Sorbonne Bets 3), Bertrand shepherd: new ecstatic poet or first sound poet?

16 h 30 Agn s Rees (University of Reims), lyric Forms and sound representations to Ronsard: odes, sonnets, songs

17 h Conclusion of symposium

Workshop of declamation

17 h 30 Workshop of declamation enlivened by Olivier Bettens (the poetic texts of use as support for the workshop will be distributed from the opening of symposium to those who want to prepare declamation)

* Reading will be accomplished by Olivier Bettens.

Scientific committee

Jeanice Brooks (Southampton University, Great Britain), Pascal Debailly (Paris Diderot university, manager of the TAM), Francis Goyet (Stendhal Grenoble 3 university, manager of the RARE team), Olivier Hal vy (University new Sorbonne Bets 3), Isabel His (University of Poitiers), Catherine Massip (BnF), Jean Vignes (Paris Diderot university, president de la SFDES).

Committee of organisation

Olivier Hal vy, master de Conf rences to the University new Sorbonne Bets 3

Isabel His, Teacher to the University of Poitiers

Jean Vignes, Professor to the University Paris Diderot

Logos:

National Library of France

RARE team of the University Stendhal Grenoble 3

CERILAC team of the University Paris Diderot Paris

Laboratory GERHICO of the University of Poitiers

French Society of Musicology (SFM)

French Society of Study of the Sixteenth Century (SFDES)