Pierre Colin was a French composer active between 1538 and 1572. He was a singer in the

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from 1532 to 1536.Pratt, Waldo Selden. ''The History of Music''. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1907. 138. He was the organist and choirmaster of

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from 1539 until 1565 while serving as priest. His compositions were compiled by 1541 by

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, one of the earliest

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from a single composer. This publication consisted of magnificats, masses, and motets, numbering eight of each type. His ''Christus resurgens'' has been misattributed to

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. Colin's masses are classified as

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. His most highly esteemed works are his thirty six motets, which demonstrate melodic sense, textual clarity, and timing.

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