- Coyssard, Michel
- (1547, Besse-en-Chandesse, France – 1623, Lyons)Jesuit who translated into French popular hymns and canticles (e.g., Paraphrases des Hymnes et Cantiques Spirituelz 1592), and Latin liturgical texts such as the Credo, Pange lingua and Stabat mater. He defended the use of the vernacular in religious songs. (at)
Historical dictionary of sacred music. Joseph P. Swain. 2006.