Beltrame Feragut or Bertrand d'Avignon (

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1385c. 1450) was a French composer. He was one of several French composers who worked in Italy; at Florence and Vicenza. Bertrand was either a priest or monk, since that was then a requirement to become ''

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(1426–1430).''Acta musicologica'' 28–29 International Musicological Society – 1956 "... cioè a Don Beltrame o Bertrand Feragut. Del quale dunque possiamo oramai stabilire: 1° che era nato ad Avignone, 2° che era sacerdote, prête o frate che fosse, 3° che era giunto a Milano nel 1425 per volere del Duca e vi era rimasto"

Recordings

*''Francorum nobilitati'' – Ensemble Perlaro, PAN, 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feragut, Beltrame 1380s births 1450s deaths French male classical composers French Renaissance composers