Jean-Paul C. Montagnier is Professor of Musicology at Université de Lorraine, France, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montréal. He took his Ph.D. from Duke University, North Carolina, where he specialized in the music of the French baroque, and received two first prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His publications include Charles-Hubert Gervais (2001) and Henry Madin, 1698–1748 (2008). He serves on the council of Musica Gallica, run by the French Ministry of Culture, and on the editorial board of the Collected Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully. He was made Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government in 2012.

'… Montagnier's book is a seminal and exceptional contribution to the study of French sacred music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' Thierry Favier, Music and Letters

• Introduction; 1. Printed choirbooks; 2. Choirbooks and musical practice; 3. People and networks; 4. Music and liturgy; 5. Lassus as model; 6. Stylistic considerations; 7. Two best sellers; 8. Missa pro defunctis; Conclusion.

Jean-Paul C. Montagnier is Professor of Musicology at Université de Lorraine, France, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montréal. He took his Ph.D. from Duke University, North Carolina, where he specialized in the music of the French baroque, and received two first prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His publications include Charles-Hubert Gervais (2001) and Henry Madin, 1698–1748 (2008). He serves on the council of Musica Gallica, run by the French Ministry of Culture, and on the editorial board of the Collected Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully. He was made Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government in 2012.

'… Montagnier's book is a seminal and exceptional contribution to the study of French sacred music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' Thierry Favier, Music and Letters

• Introduction; 1. Printed choirbooks; 2. Choirbooks and musical practice; 3. People and networks; 4. Music and liturgy; 5. Lassus as model; 6. Stylistic considerations; 7. Two best sellers; 8. Missa pro defunctis; Conclusion.

Jean-Paul C. Montagnier is Professor of Musicology at Université de Lorraine, France, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montréal. He took his Ph.D. from Duke University, North Carolina, where he specialized in the music of the French baroque, and received two first prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His publications include Charles-Hubert Gervais (2001) and Henry Madin, 1698–1748 (2008). He serves on the council of Musica Gallica, run by the French Ministry of Culture, and on the editorial board of the Collected Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully. He was made Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government in 2012.

'… Montagnier's book is a seminal and exceptional contribution to the study of French sacred music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' Thierry Favier, Music and Letters

• Introduction; 1. Printed choirbooks; 2. Choirbooks and musical practice; 3. People and networks; 4. Music and liturgy; 5. Lassus as model; 6. Stylistic considerations; 7. Two best sellers; 8. Missa pro defunctis; Conclusion.