François-René Tranchefort (30 June 1933 – 22 May 2019)[1][2] was a contemporary French musicologist.
Tranchefort has written, edited or directed, alone or in collaboration with other musicologists, a number of reference works on a wide range of themes related to classical music: chamber music, symphonic music, piano, harpsichord, opera, sacred music, choral, and musical instruments.
[3][4] Among others, he has collaborated with Harry Halbreich, Marc Vignal, Pierre-Émile Barbier, Adélaïde de Place, André Lischke, Jean-Alexandre Ménétrier, Alain Poirier, Jean-Louis Sulmon, Claire Delamarche, Michel Fleury, Erik Kocevar, Marie-Aude Roux, and Michel Parouty.