Thoinot Arbeau

Thoinot Arbeau
Born
Jehan Tabourot

March 17, 1520
DiedJuly 23, 1595(1595-07-23) (aged 75)
NationalityFrench
OccupationCleric
Les Petits Chanteurs de Passy sing the pavane Belle qui tiens ma vie of Thoinot Arbeau

Thoinot Arbeau is the anagrammatic pen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1520 – July 23, 1595).[1] Tabourot is most famous for his Orchésographie, a study of late sixteenth-century French Renaissance social dance. He was born in Dijon and died in Langres.

  1. ^ Viard, Georges: "Jean Tabourot, Chanoine de Langres et Maître à danser (1520–1595)", in: Viard, Georges: Jean Tabourot et son temps, Langres:[full citation needed] 1989, pages 11–57.