Thomas Fabri

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Thomas Fabri (* before 1400, † after 1415) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the early Renaissance .

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Music historical research has not yet been able to determine Fabri's actual lifetime or place of birth and death. He was a pupil of Jean de Noyers (called Johann Tapissier), who worked as court composer in the Duchy of Burgundy , and of Magister Egardus (called Johann Ecghaerd) in Bruges , who worked from 1370/71 as succentor to St. Donatian . From June 23, 1412 to 1415, Fabri was a priest and choirmaster at the Church of St. Donatian. In the 15th century there were other musicians who are well known today, such as Jacobus Vide , Gilles Joye and Guillaume Dufay .

Four handwritten compositions are attributed to Thomas Fabri. The Gloria with the note “scolaris Tapissier” forms a pair with the following Credo by Tapissier himself. The remaining three pieces are in a fragmentary manuscript of Austrian origin, which also contains the Ars nova repertoire . The composition "Sinceram salutem" consists of three consecutive sections, is composed as a riddle canon and is viewed as an incomplete antiphon . It also addresses a “Frater Buclarus”, as does the canon “Furnos reliquisti quare?” Attributed to Johann Ecghaerdt. Fabris Rondeau "Ach vlaendere vrie" with the text of an anonymous poet refers to the submission of Flanders to Burgundian rule in 1384 and is clearly reminiscent of the chanson repertoire of the Burgundian court. The motet “Nove cantum melodie” by Gilles Binchois contains a mention by name of Fabri, further evidence of his connection to Burgundy. Finally, Fabri's unanimous mail song “Die mey so lieflic wol ghebloit” is laid out as a rondeau chorus with cadenza formulas that are also similar to the chansons at the Burgundian court.

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Thomas Fabri belongs to the first generation of Franco-Flemish composers due to his lifetime and his musical style. The Dutch musicologist Bruno Bouckaert writes: “Although these works still have the typical characteristics of the Ars subtilior , they sound much more modern and, with their syllabic declamation, the use of imitation , the more homophonic voice guidance and the clear structure, are close to the blossoming one Burgundian chanson repertoire of the composer generation before Dufay. "

Works

  • "Ach vlaendere vrie" (Rondeau)
  • "Die mey so lieflic wol ghebloit" (ballad)
  • Gloria (kept in the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale in Bologna )
  • "Sinceram salutem care mando vobis" (antiphon, incomplete)

Literature (selection)

  • E.-H. de Coussemaker: Les Harmonists du XIVe siècle , Lille 1869
  • E. van der Straeten: Maîtres de chant et organistes de St. Donatien et de St. Saveur à Bruges , Bruges 1870, No. 10
  • G. Reaney (Ed.): Early Fifteenth-Century Music I , [Rom] 1955, No. 78 (= Corpus mensurabilis musicae 11 / I)
  • Craig Wright: Music at the Court of Burgundy, 1364-1419. A Documentary History , Henryville / Pennsylvania 1979 (= Wissenschaftliche Abhandlung / Musicological Studies No. 28)
  • Reinhard Strohm: Music in Late Medieval Bruges , Oxford 1985, 2nd edition 1990
  • the same: The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500 , Cambridge 1993
  • David Fallows: A Catalog of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480 , Oxford 1999

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  1. ↑ Walter Kreyszig:  Fabri, Thomas. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 6 (Eames - Franco). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  2. ^ Bruno Bouckaert: Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior in the Low Countries and Europe. In: sonusantiqva. 2004 (English).;
personal data
SURNAME Fabri, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the early Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH before 1400
DATE OF DEATH after 1415