Gilet Velut

Gilet Velut (fl. early 15th century) was a French composer of the early Renaissance.

Life and career

Velut was a petit vicaire ('little vicar') at Cambrai Cathedral from 1409 through 1411.^[1] He went with Charlotte of Bourbon to Cyprus in 1411;^[2] serving in the role of a chaplain. Nothing else is known for certain about the life of this composer.^[1]

Music

Vilet has been suggested as the composer for all secular music in the Codex Cyprius.^[1]

Works

List of compositions by Gilet Velut^[1]

Title	Genre	No. of voices	Manuscript source: Folios[n 1][3][4]	Reaney
Gloria	3	Gloria	I-Bc Q.15: 111v–112r	R 127
Credo	3	Credo	I-Bc Q.15: 33v–35r	R 132
			I-Bc Q.15: 112v–113v
Benedicta viscera/Ave mater gratie/Ora pro nobis Deum alleluya	3	Motet	GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 102v–103	R 137
	4		GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213	R 217
Summe summy/Summa summy	4	Motet	I-Bc Q.15: 290v–291r	R 145
			I-TRbc MS 1374 [87] (Trent 87)
Jusqu'au jour d'uy pour aprendre a parler	3	Ballade	GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 101	R 125
Laissiés ester vostres chans de liesse	3	Ballade	GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 100	R 122
Un petit oyselet chantant	3	Ballade	GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 89v–90	R 119
Je voel servir plus c'onques mais	3	Rondeau	GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213: 89	R 118
No other works by Velut survive

Editions

Velut's work is included in the following collections:

• Reaney, Gilbert (1959). Early Fifteenth-century Music. Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Vol. 2 Works of Franchois Lebertoul, Guillaume Le Grant, Johannis Le Grant, Guillermi Malbecque, Johannis Reson, Gilet Velut, and others. Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Institute of Musicology. OCLC 1088534820.