Hugo Boy monachus
Hugo Boy Monachus (* in the 14th century probably in Dordrecht ; † in the 15th century in the Netherlands ) was a Dutch composer of the late Middle Ages .
Live and act
Musicological research has not yet been able to find anything about the life of Hugo Boy monachus; his birth and death dates have also remained unknown. It was active around the year 1400.
Some pieces of music have come down to us from him, written in the ballad style of the 14th century. One of them is the Dutch three-part song “Genade Venus, vrouwe tzart”. His compositions are kept in one of the so-called Dutch court fragments (which also contains the work of Martinus Fabri ) in the manuscript “MS membr. 2720 “of the University of Leiden . Only the melody of the song mentioned has been completely preserved.
meaning
Due to his musical style and his lifetime, Hugo Boy monachus, along with Johannes Ciconia and Martinus Fabri, is one of the forerunners and pioneers of Franco-Flemish music .
literature
- Jan Willem Bonda: De meerstemmige Nederlandse liederen van de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw (The polyphonic Dutch songs of the 15th and 16th centuries), Verlag Verloren , Hilversum 1996, ISBN 90-6550-545-8
Web links
swell
- ^ The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians , London 2001
- ↑ The music in past and present (MGG), person part Volume 6, Bärenreiter Verlag Kassel and Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0 , in the article about Martinus Fabri
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boy monachus, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer of the late Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Dordrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |