Petrus Vinderhout

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Petrus Vinderhout or Petrus de Brugis (active in 1381) was a Dutch composer and singer of the late Middle Ages .

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Music historical research has so far not been able to determine Petrus Vinderhout's chronological life or his place of birth and death. It is very likely that he worked at the Church of St. Donatien in Bruges in the period 1381/82 ; For this parish he composed the divine motet “Comes Flandriae, flos victoris” ( Comrade of Flanders, Flower of Victory ) in around 1381 in honor of a victory for Count Lodewig van Male of Flanders . In the text of this motet, the “cymbala” is mentioned repeatedly, that is, the bell that has rung festively to celebrate victory. Musically, the typical repeated pattern of a ringing bell is also included.

According to the current state of musicology, Vinderhout is ascribed to other motets, e. B. “Musicalis scientia” or “Apolinis ecclipsatur”, handed down in a three- and a five-part version. The text of “Apolinis” contains references to other contemporary composers and music theorists , such as Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361, here called “Phylippus de uitriaco”) and “Petrus de Brugis” (“Peter of Bruges”), who most likely was Petrus Vinderhout himself is. In addition, the text shows comparable passages with the motet “Comes Flandriae” and references to the city of Bruges, because the composer “Engardus” ( Johannes Ecghaerd ), who was active in Bruges in the 1380s, is also mentioned.

meaning

Petrus Vinderhout belongs to the group of forerunners and pioneers of Franco-Flemish music , together with Johannes Ciconia , Martinus Fabri and others , because of his main place of work, because of his lifetime and the musical style of his compositions .

literature

  • Reinhard Strohm: Music in the Late Medieval Bruges , Clarendon Press, Oxford 1985, page 273 and following.
  • The same: The Ars Nova Fragments of Gent , in Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (Journal of the Association for Dutch Music History), issue 34, 2nd edition 1984, pages 109 to 131.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, Macmillan Verlag London 2001, here: "Petrus Vinderhout"
personal data
SURNAME Vinderhout, Petrus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brugis, Petrus de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and singer of the late Middle Ages
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th century or 15th century