Jehan Chardavoine

Jehan Chardavoine (born c. 1537 in Beaufort in Anjou and died c. 1580 in Paris) was a French Renaissance composer. We know little about the life of Jehan Chardavoine, known from his collection of folk songs, published in 1575 . This book contains 186 songs, some simply compiled and edited by Chardavoine, and others being his own adaptations monophonic to polyphonic compositions of previous works by composers such as Jacques Arcadelt, Pierre Certon or Pierre Cléreau.