the several publications and copies. There exists a delightfully titled publication: French Court-airs, with their Ditties Englished, (Edward Filmer, 1629), The air de cour had considerable influence on the development of the English ayre. The atmosphere of these songs is very different from the English lute song, and the lute technique employs some novel features. There are notated strummings with the 1st finger, both up and down. There have been several articles on the finer points of this, as well as the exact meaning of the notation, in the English and French Lute Society Journals. Composers Composers of airs de cour included: Adrian Le Roy (c.1520 – 1598) Nicolas de La Grotte (1530 – c.1600) Charles Tessier (ca.1550 - after 1604) Jacques Mauduit (1557 – 1627) Pierre Guédron (c.1570 – c.1620) François Richard (c.1585-1650) Antoine Boësset (1586 – 1643) Étienne Moulinié (c.1600 – c.1669) Jean de Cambefort (c.1605 – 1661) Jacques de Gouy (c.1610–after 1650) Bénigne de Bacilly (c.1625-1690) Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre (1633-1678) Gabriel Bataille (c.1575 – 1630) Michel L'Affilard (c.1656-1708) Jean-Baptiste Drouard de Bousset (1662-1725) Media Discography Etienne Moulinie: Airs with lute tablature First Book (Musica Viva B000003XT6) Etienne Moulinié, Airs de Cour (L'empreinte digitale, ed 13010) Airs de Cour, La dispute des bergers/La pierre philosophale Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato 3984-25485-2) Airs de Cour Orinda: French renaissance songs, featuring Jennifer Lane can be listened to online (free and legally!) at this site Antoine Boesset: Air Qui Produit Tant Des Choses : Boesset by Monique Zanetti, Ensemble A Deux Violes Esgales Amour Cruel: airs by Michel Lambert et Sebastien Le Camus / Suzie LeBlanc, Stephen Stubbs, Les Voix Humaines (ATMA ACD2 2216) Cœur, airs de cour français de la fin du XVIe siècle, Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique, (Alpha 213) Footnotes References and further reading John H. Baron, "Air de cour", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. Harold Gleason and Warren Becker, Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Music Literature Outlines Series I). Bloomington, Indiana. Frangipani Press, 1986. Jeanice Brooks, Courtly Song in Late Sixteenth-Century France. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2000. The primary sources were published by the royal publishers Le Roy and Ballard.