Laurent de Vos
Laurent de Vos (* around 1533 in Antwerp , † January or March 1580 in Cambrai ) was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance .
Life
De Vos was probably the brother of the well-known Antwerp painter Marten de Vos . He probably received his musical training as a choirboy at the cathedral in his hometown. In 1566 he became music director and head of the choirboys at the cathedral , which was then still Spanish-Flemish Cambrai. In 1570 he was countertenor at St. Donatus Church in Bruges and from August 1577 to September 1578 choirmaster at St. Martin in Ypres . In 1580 he returned to Cambrai in the service of Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont , who a short time later had to flee to Tournai in the turmoil of the time.
Here de Vos makes the mistake of arranging the text of a motet in such a way that it contains criticism of the current political situation. Immediately after the performance, on the orders of Baudouin de Gavre, Baron d'Inchy, who was despotic ruling the town at the time, he was arrested and hanged in the market square without a trial in front of his weeping choirboys.
After de Berlaymont returned to his bishopric, the bishop had the remains of de Vos and those of his fellow martyrs buried in the Église des Cordeliers on October 10, 1605.
Works
- A collection containing four to five-part chansons and an eight-part dialogue (printed in Douai 1603).
- The five-part motet Cometis carnes was published in the Florilegium sacrarum cantionum collection (Antwerp 1609).
literature
- Thierry Levaux: Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen Âge à nos jours. Éditions Art in Belgium, Ohain-Lasne 2006, ISBN 2-930338-37-7 .
- Christian Bettels: Vos, Laurent (de). In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 17 (Vina - Zykan). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7618-1137-5 , Sp. 231–232 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur Dinaux : Entry in Archives historiques et littéraires du nord de la France, et du midi de la Belgique 1829, pp. "231 and 232
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vos, Laurent de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish composer of the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1533 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1580 or March 1580 |
| Place of death | Cambrai |