Colinet de Lannoy

Colinet de Lannoy (died before 6 February 1497) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the composers/singers working at the Milan chapel at the time of the assassination of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza in 1476, and he possibly also worked in France. Life Very little is known for certain about his life, and some details have been confused with other musicians named “Lannoy” or “Lanoy”. Two other singers named Lannoy, Jehan and David, were known to be active at the French court in the middle of the 15th century, and may have been related; in addition, a “Karolus de Launoy”, active at Bourges and later in France, was previously confused with him. In 1477, Lannoy, along with Jean Japart, Johannes Martini, and Loyset Compère, was given a pass to leave Milan following the murder of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza. The singing group at the chapel had been one of the most distinguished in Europe, and the compositional style which developed there in the 1470s was widely influential: for example the motet-chanson was probably a Milanese invention. It is not known to what degree Lannoy was involved in the development of this style, nor is it known where Lannoy went after his dismiss