Jan Belle

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Jan Belle's Fluer van alle vrouwen soet from 'Een Duytsch musyck boeck', 1572

Jan Belle (active from around 1545 to 1566) was a Franco-Flemish composer , choirmaster and music theorist of the Renaissance .

Live and act

Jan Belle's birth and death dates could not yet be determined. He only appears through his musical and professional activity with receipts. This begins with his work as a master of the choirboys ( magister duodenarum ) at the Church of the Holy Cross (Sainte Croix) in Liège in 1546 and 1547; here he was called "de Lovanio". In 1552 the Maastricht publisher Jacob Baethen published what was probably Jan Belle's first musical work, Musices encomion , a music-theoretical treatise. This work has not survived. Between 1563 and 1566 the composer was possibly active as a succentor at the Church of Our Lady in St. Truiden . In 1572 the Antwerp music publisher Pierre Phalèse the Elder brought out a collection of Dutch songs entitled Duijtsch musijk boeck , which contained six four-part songs in Flemish texts by Jan Belle .

meaning

Due to his lifetime and his musical style, Jan Belle belongs to the 5th generation of Franco-Flemish music. Only a few works by him have survived.

Works

  • Six Flemish songs with four voices
    • Fluer van alle vrouwen soet (Flower among all lovely women)
    • Ick en can mij niet bedwingen (I cannot resist); this song is attributed to Joannes Zacheus in the collection of Jacob Baethen in 1554
    • Int groen, int groen, met u alderliefste (In the grass, in the grass, my dearest friend); this song appears again in the 1636 edition of the seventh book of chansons, published by the heirs of Pierre Phalèse
    • Laet ons nu al verblijden in desen soeten tijt (let's have a good time now); this song appears again in the 1636 edition of the seventh book of chansons, published by the heirs of Pierre Phalèse
    • O amoureusich mondeken root (O lovely red mouth)
    • O doloreux herte met pressure ladenich (O painful heart, oppressive burden)
  • Music theory treatise: Musices encomion (not preserved)

Literature (selection)

  • Édouard GJ Gregoir: Littérature musicale: documents historiques relatifs à l'art musical et aux artistes-musiciens I , Schott Frères, Brussels 1872, pp. 21-22
  • René Bernard Lenaerts: Het Nederlands polifonies lied in de zestiende eeuw , Mechelen and Amsterdam 1933, pages 32–92
  • Charles vanden Borren: Geschiedenis van de muziek in de Nederlanden I , Antwerp 1948, page 389
  • Gilbert Huybens: Muziek te Leuven in de 16e eeuw , Löwen 1982, pages 15-30

Web links

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  1. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , edited by Stanley Sadie, 2nd Edition, Volume 3, McMillan, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3
  2. ↑ Jan Willem Bonda: De meerstemmige Nederlandse liederen van de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw , Verloren, Hilversum 1996, ISBN 90-6550-545-8
personal data
SURNAME Belle, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES de Lovanio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century