Gilbert Banester

Gilbert Banester (also Banaster and Banastre ; * between 1420 and 1425; † August 24, 1487 ) was an English composer and poet .

Life

Gilbert Banester's father was probably the Yeoman Henry Banester († 1456). He probably received his musical training as a choirboy at the Chapel Royal . Since he became a member of the Fraternity of St. Nicholas in London in 1456 , he was probably living there at that time. How and where he lived between 1456 and 1469 is not exactly known. In 1469 he was an official in the royal service in the Chapel Royal , since he was granted a corrodie in Daventry Priory by Edward IV in this capacity on February 25 of that year . After Edward IV returned from exile in Alkmaar, Holland, he granted Banester further corrodes in Abingdon and Croyland Abbey in Crowland . In 1475 he was appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal . He succeeded Abyngdons as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal on September 29, 1478 . During this time he worked at the court and lived in Greenwich . In 1482 he was confirmed in this office. On May 10th of that year Edward IV granted him a corrodie in the Priory of Holy Trinity in Norwich . This was followed by further corrodes. In the autumn of 1486 Banester fell ill and was initially represented as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal by Laurence Squier († 1493). On September 29, 1486 he officially resigned from his office and died the following year.

Works (selection)

O Maria et Elizabeth , motet for five voices, preserved in the Eton Choirbook , from Stainer & Bell Ltd. Published in 1958 in modern transcription by Frank Harrison of The Musica Britannica Trust . It is discussed, among other things, that the work for the wedding ceremony of Henry VII with Elizabeth of York was created on January 18, 1486. The cantus firmus of the motet is the melody of the Resposorium Regnum mundi . The text comes from an antiphon in honor of Mary .
Vos secle iusti iudices, motet for three parts
Alleluja laudate, motet for two voices
Legend of Sismond, English translation of a novella from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron .
My feerful dreme , worldly song
Miraculum Sancti Thome martyris , poem

literature

WH Grattan Flood: Gilbert Banaster, Master of the Children of the English Chapel Royal (1478-1490). In: Anthologies of the International Music Society . Volume 15, No. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1913, ISSN 1612-0124 , pp. 64–66, JSTOR 929387 (English)
WH Grattan Flood: New Light on Early Tudor Composers XXVII. Gilbert Banaster . In: The Musical Times . Volume 64, No. 963, 1923 ISSN 0027-4666 , pp. 319-320, JSTOR 911160 (English)
Magnus Williamson: Royal Image Making and Textual Interplay in Gilbert Banaster's 'O Maria et Elizabeth'. In: Early Music History. Volume 19. Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISSN 0261-1279 , pp. 237-278, JSTOR 853862 (English)

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Gilbert Banester in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

↑ On the one hand, a date of birth between 1420 and 1425 is being discussed, and on the other hand a date of birth around 1445. An English translation attributed to Banester, Legend of Sismond of a novella from the Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio, which was written in two manuscripts from the mid-15th century, speaks for a date of birth before 1425 . Century, which Banesters names mention. Membership in the Fraternity of St. Nicholas also speaks against the second date of birth discussed in the literature around 1445. (Williamson)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Magnus Williamson: Royal Image-Making and Textual Interplay in Gilbert Banaster's 'O Maria et Elizabeth' . In: Early Music History . tape 19 . Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISSN 0261-1279 , pp. 237-278 , JSTOR : 853862 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e W. H. Grattan Flood: New Light on Early Tudor Composers: XXVII. Gilbert Banaster . In: The Musical Times . tape 64 , no. 963 , 1923, ISSN 0027-4666 , pp. 319-320 , doi : 10.2307 / 911160 , JSTOR : 911160 (English).
↑ Since two of his compositions are in the manuscript Pepys 1236 , a manuscript that appears to have originated in the Almonry Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral Priory in Canterbury , and contains compositions by composers with ties to County Kent , a stay in Canterbury is also being discussed. Another indication of this stay is that his poem Miraculum Sancti Thome martyris is mentioned in 1467 in the chronicle of John Stone, a monk in Canterbury (Williamson).
↑ The corrodie was granted to him as one of the clerks of our chapel [one of the officials of our chapel].
↑ ^a ^b W. H. Grattan Flood: Gilbert Banaster, Master of the Children of the English Chapel Royal (1478-1490) . In: Anthologies of the International Music Society . tape 15 , no. 1 . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1913, ISSN 1612-0124 , p. 64-66 , JSTOR : 929387 (English).
^ WH Grattan Flood: New Light on Early Tudor Composers. I. - William Newark . In: The Musical Times . tape 60 , no. 921 , 1919, ISSN 0027-4666 , pp. 606-608 , doi : 10.2307 / 3701584 , JSTOR : 3701584 (English).
↑ Willard Farnham: England's Discovery of the Decameron . In: PMLA . tape 39 , no. 1 , 1924, ISSN 0030-8129 , p. 123-139 , doi : 10.2307 / 457284 , JSTOR : 457284 .

personal data
SURNAME	Banester, Gilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English composer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1445
DATE OF DEATH	August 24, 1487

[1] On the one hand, a date of birth between 1420 and 1425 is being discussed, and on the other hand a date of birth around 1445. An English translation attributed to Banester, Legend of Sismond of a novella from the Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio, which was written in two manuscripts from the mid-15th century, speaks for a date of birth before 1425 . Century, which Banesters names mention. Membership in the Fraternity of St. Nicholas also speaks against the second date of birth discussed in the literature around 1445. (Williamson)

[Williamson-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Magnus Williamson: Royal Image-Making and Textual Interplay in Gilbert Banaster's 'O Maria et Elizabeth' . In: Early Music History . tape 19 . Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISSN 0261-1279 , pp. 237-278 , JSTOR : 853862 (English).

[Flood-MusicalTimes-3] W. H. Grattan Flood: New Light on Early Tudor Composers: XXVII. Gilbert Banaster . In: The Musical Times . tape 64 , no. 963 , 1923, ISSN 0027-4666 , pp. 319-320 , doi : 10.2307 / 911160 , JSTOR : 911160 (English).

[4] Since two of his compositions are in the manuscript Pepys 1236 , a manuscript that appears to have originated in the Almonry Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral Priory in Canterbury , and contains compositions by composers with ties to County Kent , a stay in Canterbury is also being discussed. Another indication of this stay is that his poem Miraculum Sancti Thome martyris is mentioned in 1467 in the chronicle of John Stone, a monk in Canterbury (Williamson).

[5] The corrodie was granted to him as one of the clerks of our chapel [one of the officials of our chapel].

[Flood-Musikgesellschaft-6] W. H. Grattan Flood: Gilbert Banaster, Master of the Children of the English Chapel Royal (1478-1490) . In: Anthologies of the International Music Society . tape 15 , no. 1 . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1913, ISSN 1612-0124 , p. 64-66 , JSTOR : 929387 (English).

[7] WH Grattan Flood: New Light on Early Tudor Composers. I. - William Newark . In: The Musical Times . tape 60 , no. 921 , 1919, ISSN 0027-4666 , pp. 606-608 , doi : 10.2307 / 3701584 , JSTOR : 3701584 (English).

[8] Willard Farnham: England's Discovery of the Decameron . In: PMLA . tape 39 , no. 1 , 1924, ISSN 0030-8129 , p. 123-139 , doi : 10.2307 / 457284 , JSTOR : 457284 .