Paul de Roda

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Paulus de Roda (* mid-15th century at the latest; † December 1514 perhaps in 's-Hertogenbosch ) was a Franco-Flemish composer , singer and choir master of the Renaissance .

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The year of birth of Paulus de Roda could only be determined roughly and indirectly by music historians. his place of birth has so far remained unknown. The records of his musical work can be found in archives in south-east Germany and in the city of Ferrara ; here one encounters the name variants "Paulus de Rhoda" and "Paulus de Broda" ( Glogau song book ). There is little information about his résumé; these come exclusively from the account books of the Dutch Marienbruderschaft Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap , namely from their branches in 's-Hertogenbosch and Bergen op Zoom , where the composer "meester Pauwels (or Pouwels ) van Rode" (or also van Roede , de Roeij and similar) is called. This initially led to the adoption of people with different identities (Ludwig Finscher 1962).

The fact that music historical scholars now generally assume the same person of Dutch descent for him goes back to a Dutch text incipit of a certain manuscript (I-Rc 2856) and to the mention of the composition of a requiem from 1496 in an account book 's-Hertogenbosch. However, this composition has not survived. In contrast, the piece “Ave, salve, gaude, vale” from 1469/70 from the choir book of Nicolaus Leopold can be clearly assigned to Paul by comparison with another manuscript (“Apel Codex”), here with the text “Vulnerasti cor meum” and is considered to be the composer's earliest known work. From this time on, his work for the brotherhood in 's-Hertogenbosch is well documented. From 1471 onwards, he repeatedly procured singers for this religious community, including the composer Johannes Agricola . Paulus de Roda succeeded Jacob Obrecht in 1486 (perhaps two years earlier) in the position of choirmaster at the same brotherhood in Bergen op Zoom. In the book of accounts of the brotherhood of his previous place of activity, the celebration of a requiem for Paulus de Roda is entered before Christmas 1514, from which it can be seen that the composer died shortly before.

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The most important compositions that can be assigned to Paulus de Roda by name are in the Leopold and Apel Codex. In these, the composer shows a remarkable originality and compositional ability in the diversity of his contrapuntal composition and in the use of imitative and free sections, also in his preference for contrasts between four-part parts alternating with two-part ( duos ). His composition “Phfawin schwantcz”, which uses the same tenor melody as the Barbingant piece of the same name , is probably intended for instruments in the original and is historically informative, but stylistically lags behind the other works ( Gundela Bobeth in the MGG source ).

Works

  • "Ave, salve, gaude, vale" with four voices (anonymous), as a canon motet with four voices with the text "Vulnerasti cor meum"
  • Carmen to three votes; there is an extended version (anonymous)
  • "Ghenochte drive" to three votes
  • “Phfawin schwantcz” to four votes; the beginning of the treble is identical to the beginning of the tenor of the composition “Ma bouche rit” by Johannes Ockeghem
  • Requiem, polyphonic (lost)
  • Two textless compositions with four parts each (both anonymous), attributed to Paulus de Roda by Th. Noblitt 1987

Literature (selection)

  • A. Smijers: De Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broedershap te 's-Hertogenbosch , Amsterdam 1932
  • GCM van Dijk: De Bossche optimates. Geschiedenis van de illustrious lieve vrouwe broedershap de 's-Hertogenbosch, 1318–1973 , dissertation at the University of Utrecht in 1973
  • Th. Noblitt: Additional Compositions by Paulus de Rhoda? , in: Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis No. 37, 1987, pages 49-63
  • R. Wegman: Music and Musicians at the Guild of Our Lady in Bergen op Zoom, c. 1470-1510 , in: Early Music History No. 9, 1989, pp 175-249
  • Reinhard Strohm: Instrumental ensemble music before 1500: the testimony of the Central European sources , in: Music and dance at the time of Emperor Maximilian I, Innsbruck 1989, pages 89-106
  • David Fallows: A Catalog of Polyphonic Songs 1415-1480 , Oxford 1999
  • V. Roelfink: Gegeven den sangeren. Meerstemmige muziek bij de illustrre lieve vrouwe brodershap de 's-Hertogenbosch in de zestiende eeuw ,' s-Hertogenbosch 2002

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  1. ↑ The music in past and present (MGG), person part volume 13, Bärenreiter and Metzler, Kassel and Basel 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0
personal data
SURNAME Paul de Roda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paul de Rhoda; Paul de Broda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
DATE OF DEATH December 1514
Place of death 's-Hertogenbosch