Phinot, Dominique (c.1510 - c.1556).

Deuxième édition, 3 parties (sur 5) de cantus, tenor et quintus, in-4 oblong (15.5 x 21 cm), 20 feuillets ([1], 38 et [1] pages) chacune, vignette de l'éditeur gravée sur bois sur la page de titre, musique imprimée, dérelié, parties d'altus et bassus manquantes.

RISM P2016 ; Censimento 16 CNCE 45112 (un exemplaire à Rome).

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C'est la première fois que la musique de Phinot paraît en vente publique. Phinot, compositeur français travaillant à Urbino et sans doute à Lyons, était essentiellement connu pour ses motets, en particulier 'Non turbetur cor vestrum' qui est compris dans ce recueil. Selon le New Grove, "un passage du Theonoston de Cardano suggère que Phinot fut exécuté à cause de ses pratiques homosexuelles" We have no record of music by Phinot appearing at auction. Phinot was a French composer who worked in Urbino and, possilby Lyons; he was particularly noted for his motets, especially one included in this collection, 'Non turbetur cor vestrum'. According to The New Grove, "a passage in Cardano's Theonoston implies that Phinot was executed for homosexual practices" (and was in any case perhaps the earliest recorded gay composer).