Theodor Evertz

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Theodor Evertz (active around 1554) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance .

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Theodor Evertz has so far not known any vital dates, except that he was active in what was then the Netherlands (today's Netherlands and Belgium combined) in the middle of the 16th century. It has not yet been possible to determine where he worked as a composer. His identity emerges only from the few compositions that have come down to us. Three polyphonic Dutch songs by him in the collection Dat ierste boeck vanden nieuwe Duitsche liedekens (for three to six voices) were published by the publisher Jacob Baethen (Jacobus Bathenius) in Maastricht in 1554. One of the three songs was also printed in Leuven and Antwerp in 1572 in the Een Duijtsch musijck boeck collection . The lyrics on which the songs are based stand out for their simplicity. Only one of the songs, a Mailied, has survived in full.

meaning

The melodies used by Evertz certainly come from folk music. The alternating polyphonic and homophonic setting corresponds to the contemporary Dutch style for songs; this style is closer to Heinrich Isaac than to Josquin at a time when Ludwig Senfl was the outstanding composer.

Works

  • “Ontwaect van slaep nu wij ghij sijt” with four voices, in two traditions
  • "O Venus jent aensiet toch mijn torment" for four voices, incomplete (soprano part missing)
  • "Schoen ran ic mach vel claeghen" to four voices, incomplete (soprano part missing)

Literature (selection)

  • J. Quitin: Studies on Maastricht's music care in the XVI. Century , in: Contributions to the music history of the city and the district of Erkelenz, edited by G. Göller, Cologne 1968, page 47 and following
  • H. Vanhulst: Catalog des éditions de musique publiées à Louvain par Pierre Phalèse et ses fils 1545–1578 , in: Académie royale de Belgique. Mémoires de la classe des beaux-arts. Collection in-8 °, 2nd series, Volume 16 No. 2, Brussels 1990, page 193 and following
  • Jan Willem Bonda: De seaerstemmige Nederlandse liederen van de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw , Hilversum 1996

Web links

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  1. ↑ The Music in Past and Present (MGG), Person Part Volume 6, Bärenreiter and Metzler, Kassel and Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0
  2. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , edited by Stanley Sadie, 2nd Edition, Volume 8, McMillan, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3
personal data
SURNAME Evertz, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century