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Caron, Firminus, active approximately 1460-1475

LC control no.nr 88005831
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML410.C3277 Biography
Personal name headingCaron, Firminus, active approximately 1460-1475
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Variant(s)Caron, F. (Firminus), active approximately 1460-1475
Caron, Firmin, active approximately 1460-1475
Caron, Firminus, fl. ca. 1460-1475
Caron, Philippe, active approximately 1460-1475
Beginning date1460~
Ending date1475
Found inThe Chansonnier cordiforme [SR] 1980: label (Caron) pamphlet, p. 15 ("Caron ... has so far eluded certain identification")
LC in RLIN, 6-24-88 (hdg.: Caron, Philippe, 15th cent.; usage: Philippe (?) Caron)
New Grove, 2nd ed., WWW site, Feb. 2, 2001 (Caron, Firminus; fl. ca. 1460-1475; French composer; "the ascriptions for his music all read simply 'Caron' apart from 'F. Caron' in the case of the mass L'homme arme ... (assertions that it reads 'P. Caron' are definitely wrong; and it cannot stand for 'Filippo'))"
New Grove (Caron, Philippe [Firmin], fl. 2nd half of the 15th century; both "Philippe" and "Firmin" given as forenames in contemporary documents)
Thomson, J. An introduction to Philippe (?) Caron, c1964: p. 2 ("[T]here is no actual reason for the serious consideration of more than two possible first names: Firminus and Philippe")