Charles Tessier (ca. 1550 – after 1604) was a French composer and lutenist.Lute Society journal: Volume 20 Lute Society (Great Britain) - 1978 THE LUTE AIRS OF CHARLES TESSIER. FRANK DOBBINS. Although no corroboration has been found for Fetis' assertion that Charles Tessier was born at Pezenas in the Herault cl550, it seems likely that he was related to Guillaume Tessier, .. While in London he set sonnets from ''

Astrophel and Stella ''Astrophil and Stella'' is an English sonnet sequence by Philip Sidney containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs, probably composed in the 1580s. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stell ...

'' dedicated to Lady Penelope Rich.

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*chansons and airs de cour in French, Italian and

Gascon language Gascon ( , , ) is the vernacular Romance variety spoken mainly in the region of Gascony, France. It is often considered a variety of larger Occitan macrolanguage, although some authors consider it a separate language due to hindered mutual ...

for 4 and 5 voices, London 1597. *Airs 3 Paris 1604.

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1550s births 17th-century deaths 17th-century French classical composers French Baroque composers French male classical composers French lutenists 17th-century French male musicians {{France-composer-stub