Bargues, Antoine (Barges, Antonio 'Antonino') f1546-f1565 France, Barges - ?, ?
choirmaster, 1546-1565 active in Italy, studied with Adriaan Willaert in Venice, 1550 he said about his teacher
'l'unico inventore della vera et buona musica l'Eccellentissimo Adriano il quale non solamente m'e stato
diligente maestro, ma ottimo patre' (the only inventor of true and good music the Most Excellent Adriano who was
not only a diligent teacher for me, but an excellent father), 1550 choirmaster of Casa Grande in
Venice, 1555 Franciscan monk at San Francisco convent in Treviso, 1562-1565 choirmaster of Treviso
Cathedral
[Grove 2002 gives a very contradictory biography, they call him netherlandish but give born in Barges which is
in France, not in the Netherlands, also giving his original name Bargues which is a french name, not netherlandish, so
stating he was netherlandish, while proving he was french]