Louis Bourgeois

1510–1561

Introduction

Biography

Bourgeois fol­lowed John Cal­vin to Ge­ne­va, Swit­zer­land, in 1541. He be­came a can­tor at the Church of St. Pi­erre, and ed­it­ed the Ge­ne­van Psal­ter.

At one point, he was jailed for mo­di­fy­ing some well known tunes. For­tu­nate­ly, hymn writ­ers no long­er risk such strict pen­al­ties.

Bourgeois re­port­ed­ly left Ge­ne­va in 1557.

Works

• Le Droit Che­min de Mu­sique, 1550