Clément Janequin (c.1480 - 1558) was a priest, though an unsuccessful one. He is much better known as a composer, primarily of secular works. He apparently never held a post as a musician; although he was appointed to the court in Paris towards the end of his life, it seems that he spent little or no time in the position. A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Janequin specialised in the chanson and is regarded as one of the formative composers of the genre. His works are especially noteworthy for the inclusion of sounds rather than words, e.g. bird sounds formed using nonsense words, known in modern times as onomatopoeia. Chanson is a French word for song, and in English-language contexts is often applied to any song with French words, particularly a cabaret song. ... In linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is the device of a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, with a sound imitating the sound it is describing, such as bang, click, fizz, hush or buzz. Onomatopoetic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. ...

Summa Musica performed three of his Onomatopoeic Chanson: Le Chant des Oyseaulx (The Chant of the Birds), La Chasse (The Chase) and La Bataille (The Battle), as well as Le Pouvre Coueur (The Suffering Heart) which is a simple lovesong. Le Chant des Oyseaulx contains a mixture of text and birdsong in a rondeau form, with different birds being identified with different characters (usually unsavoury) at court. La Chasse describes a deer hunt with dogs and horses, ending with the triumphant calls of the hunting horns when the prey is cornered. La Battaille tells the story of a battle between the French and the English in the early 16th century; it contains the sounds of cannon, muskets, swords and trumpets, finally ended with the English vanquished and fleeing.