Parran, Antoine
(1587–1650)
ANTOINE PARRANPARRAN, ANTOINEANTOINE PARRAN [* 1587-† 1650] Antoine Parran, who was a correspondent of MERSENNE, was, like MERSENNE, Jesuit-trained. He worked as a professor and composer. His Traité de la musique théorique et pratique (1639) is a thorough manual of counterpoint in the Renaissance tradition, with examples from Du Caurroy and Le Jeune. In his view, Gaffurio, KEPLER, and de CAUS were important transmitters of musical information. Initially Parran omitted the sixths from his list…