Jacques Mauduit (1557-1627) was a French composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque period. He was associated with the humanist and poetic circles that cultivated musique mesurée in France.

Mauduit wrote chansons, airs, sacred music and works connected with court and literary culture. His music appears naturally beside Costeley, Le Jeune and other French Renaissance figures.

His style is elegant, text-conscious and shaped by the relationship between poetry and musical rhythm. It reflects a cultivated world in which words, metre and melody were carefully entwined.

Mauduit is not a large name today, but he belongs to an important French lineage. His music helps preserve the sound of poetry learning to move in measured steps.