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Antoine Boesset

Born: 24th February 1587, Blois, France

Died: 8th December 1643, Paris, France

Nationality: French

Antoine Boësset, Antoine Boesset or Anthoine de Boesset sieur de Villedieu, was the superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime French court and a composer of secular music, particularly airs de cour. He and his father-in-law Pierre Guédron dominated the court's musical life for the first half of the 17th century under Louis XIII. His son Jean-Baptiste [de] Boesset, sieur de Dehault, composed church music.

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