Beltrame Feragut or Bertrand d'Avignon (
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune ha ...
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 ''
maestro di cappella
(, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...
'' at
Milan Cathedral
Milan Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Milano ; lmo, Domm de Milan ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( it, Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente, links=no), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombard ...
(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
References
External links
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1380s births
1450s deaths
French male classical composers
French Renaissance composers