Fabrice-Marin Caietain or Fabrice Cajetan (

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1570-1578) was an Italian singer, songwriter and song publisher.

Life and career

Fabrice Cajetan was born in

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, and lived in

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during the latter Sixteenth century. He was employed as Master of Singers at the

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for the Dukes of

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, succeeding Pierre Clereau. In 1571 in Paris, he began publishing collections of songs set to music, including ''Livre de chansons nouvelles mises en musique à six parties'' and ''Liber primus''. In one preface, Caietain stated that he was especially influenced by

Joachim Thibault de Courville Joachim Thibault de Courville (died 1581) was a French composer, singer, lutenist, and player of the lyre, of the late Renaissance. He was a close associate of poet Jean Antoine de Baïf, and with Baïf was the co-founder of the '' Académie de P ...

and the Académie de Poésie et de Musique. Although de Courville published none of his own music, it is presumed that some of the chansons published by Caietain contained passages or were stylistic copies of de Courville's work. Caietain also published the works of

La Pléiade La Pléiade () was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleia ...

, including

Pierre de Ronsard Pierre de Ronsard (; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet known in his generation as a "Prince des poètes, prince of poets". His works include ''Les Amours de Cassandre'' (1552)'','' ''Les Hymnes'' (1555-1556)'', Les Disco ...

, Jean-Antoine de Baif and

Joachim Du Bellay Joachim du Bellay (; – 1 January 1560) was a French poet, critic, and a founder of '' La Pléiade''. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: '' Défense et illustration de la langue française'', which aimed at promoting French as a ...

, and also Jean Bertaut,

Philippe Desportes Philippe Desportes or Desports (1546 – 5 October 1606) was a French poet.Jean Balsamo. Philippe Desports (1546-1606) Volume 62 of Actes et colloques. Editor, Contributor, Jean Balsamo. Publisher, Klincksieck, 2000 Biography Philippe Desp ...

and

Amadis Jamyn Amadis Jamyn (1540 – 1593) was a French poet, a friend of Ronsard. Born in Chaource near Troyes, he is known mostly for his love poems, but was also a good Greek scholar (he translated Homer Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient ...

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