Guillaume Dumanoir's lyrics & chords

(b Paris, bap. 16 Nov 1615; d Paris, 18 May 1697). French violinist, composer and dancing-master. He was the son of Mathias Dumanoir (b c1588; d April 1646), joueur d'instruments in Paris and, from 1640, member of the 24 Violons du Roi. In 1636 Guillaume was appointed dancing-master at the Orange court in The Hague. A guild member of the Confrérie de St Julien-des-Ménétriers, Paris, and a violon ordinaire de la chambre du roi, he joined the grande bande of the 24 Violons du Roi in 1639 and from 1645 to 1656 was also dancing-master to the pag...read more