Short bio Jacob Obrecht
Full biography Jacob Obrecht
Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458 – late July, 1505) was a famous Flemish composer of the Renaissance era known for his composition of masses, motets, and songs. He was born in Ghent, which was at the time a prosperous commercial center in Flanders. Obrecht spent much of his career working as a choirmaster in various churches across Europe.
Obrecht was considered one of the most important composers of his time, alongside such luminaries as Josquin Desprez and Jean d'Ockeghem. He was especially famous for his masses, which were complex and intricate pieces of music that often incorporated multiple musical lines or "voices". Obrecht wrote at least thirty mass cycles , of which two are mentioned in historical records: Missa Maria zart and Missa Fortuna desperata.
In addition to his masses, Obrecht wrote many motets and songs. He was also known for his use of techniques such as canon and imitation, which involved having different musical lines imitate or echo one another.
Today, Jacob Obrecht is remembered as one of the most important composers of the Renaissance era, and his music continues to be performed and studied by musicians around the world. His contributions to the development of counterpoint and polyphony, which are techniques that involve multiple independent melodic lines in harmony, have had a lasting impact on the history of Western classical music.
Compositions featuring Jacob Obrecht
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fors seulement, chanson for 4 voices | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | 1504 |
| 2 | Missa Maria Zart, mass for 4 voices | 65:19 min | Choral | 1503 |
| 3 | J'ay pris amours, chanson for 4 voices | 5:04 min | Vocal Music | 1502 |
| 4 | Si sumpsero, motet for 3 voices | 3:32 min | Vocal Music | 1502 |
| 5 | Tsat een cleyn meiskin, chanson for 4 voices | 2:41 min | Vocal Music | 1501 |
| 6 | Missa Cela sans plus, mass for 4 voices | 29:22 min | Choral | 150? |
| 7 | Laudes Christo, motet for 4 voices | 7:33 min | Choral | 150? |
| 8 | Salve sancta facies/Homo quidam, motet for 4 voices | 6:17 min | Choral | 1498 |
| 9 | Missa Malheur me bat, mass for 4 voices | 31:03 min | Choral | 1497 |
| 10 | Laudemus nunc Dominum/Non est hic aliud, motet for 5 voices | 7:15 min | Choral | 1496 |
| 11 | Inter praeclarissimas virtutes/Estote fortes in bello, motet for 4 voices | 9:13 min | Choral | 1494 |
| 12 | Missa Pfauenschwanz, mass for 4 voices | 39:57 min | Choral | 1491 |
| 13 | Missa Fortuna desperata, mass for 4 voices | Choral | 1490 | |
| 14 | Missa Fors seulement, mass for 3 voices | 21:42 min | Choral | 1490 |
| 15 | Missa De tous biens playne, mass for 3 voices | 19:25 min | Choral | 1490 |
| 16 | Missa grecorum, mass for 4 voices | 34:23 min | Choral | 1490 |
| 17 | Mille quingentis/Requiem aeternam, motet for 4 voices | 6:44 min | Choral | 1489 |
| 18 | Missa Beata viscera, mass for 4 voices | Choral | 148? | |
| 19 | O beate basili/O beate pater, motet for 4 voices | 8:44 min | Choral | 148? |
| 20 | Missa Sicut spina rosam, mass for 4 voices | 32:29 min | Choral | 148? |
| 21 | Salve crux arbor vitae, motet for 5 voices | 11:30 min | Choral | 148? |
| 22 | Missa Caput, mass for 4 voices | 46:01 min | Choral | 148? |
| 23 | Missa de Sancto Donatiano, mass for 4 voices | 32:39 min | Choral | 148? |
| 24 | Factor orbis, motet for 5 voices | 8:31 min | Choral | 148? |
| 25 | Missa L'homme armé, mass for 4 voices | 35:20 min | Choral | 148? |
| 26 | Missa O lumen ecclesiae, mass for 4 voices | 29:22 min | Choral | 148? |
| 27 | Missa Sub tuum presidium, mass for 3-7 voices (new voice added in each section) | 22:20 min | Choral | - |
| 28 | Parce Domine, motet for 4 voices | 2:37 min | Choral | - |
| 29 | Moet my lacen u vriendelic schijn, chanson for 3 voices (poss. spurious) | 3:14 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 30 | Si dedero, motet for 4 voices (spurious; by Alexander Agricola) | 2:38 min | Choral | - |
| 31 | Alma redemptoris mater, motet for 3 voices | 6:54 min | Choral | - |
| 32 | Wat willen wijmetten budel spelen, chanson for 4 voices | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Waer sij di Han, chanson for 4 voices | 1:41 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 34 | Tsmeiskin was jonck, chanson for 3 or 4 voices | 2:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 35 | Tant que nostre argent dura, chanson for 4 voices | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | Tandernaken, chanson for 3 voices (text incipit only) | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 37 | Sullen wij langhe in drucke moeten leven, chanson for 4 (or 3) voices | 1:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Stat ein meskin, chanson for 4 voices (also attrib. Isaac) | 2:24 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Nec michi nec tibi, for 2 or 3 instruments | 2:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 40 | Se bien fait, chanson for 4 voices | 1:52 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Salve regina, motet for 6 voices | 11:48 min | Choral | - |
| 42 | Salve regina, motet for 4 voices | 7:27 min | Choral | - |
| 43 | Salve regina, motet for 3 voices | 10:29 min | Choral | - |
| 44 | Rompeltier, chanson for 4 voices (poss. spurious) | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 45 | Weet ghij wat mijnder jonghen hert deert, chanson for 4 voices (text incipit only; poss. spurious) | 2:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Omnes spiritus laudet, office polyphony for 4 voices | 5:50 min | Choral | - |
| 47 | Ic draghe de mutse clutse, chanson for 4 voices | 1:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Als al de weerelt in vruechden leeft, chanson for 4 voices | 2:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Ave maris stella, for 3 voices | 8:22 min | Choral | - |
| 50 | Ave regina caelorum, motet for 4 voices | 4:20 min | Choral | - |
| 51 | Beata es Maria, motet for 4 voices | 5:04 min | Choral | - |
| 52 | Benedicamus in laude, for 4 voices | 1:10 min | Choral | - |
| 53 | Cuius sacrata viscera, for 4 voices | 3:55 min | Choral | - |
| 54 | Den haghel ende, chanson for 4 voices | 1:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | Ein fröhlich wesen, for 4 voices | 3:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 56 | Fuga, instrumental canon in 4 parts | 2:06 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 57 | Haec Deum caeli, for 5 voices | 2:34 min | Choral | - |
| 58 | Humilium decus, motet (possibly spurious) | 5:57 min | Choral | - |
| 59 | Hélas mon bien, chanson for 3 voices | 1:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 60 | Missa Si dedero, mass for 4 voices | 35:45 min | Choral | - |
| 61 | Ic hoerde de clocskins luden, chanson for 4 voices | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 62 | Ic ret my uut spacieren, chanson for 4 voices | 2:32 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 63 | Ic weinsche alle scoene vrauwen eere, chanson in 4 voices (also attrib. Stolzer) | 1:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 64 | In hebbe gheen ghelt in mijn bewelt, chanson for 4 voices | 1:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 65 | La tortorella, chanson for 4 voices | 1:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 66 | Lacen adieu, wel zoete partye, chanson for 4 voices | 1:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | Laet u ghenoughen, liever Johan, chanson for 4 voices | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 68 | Magnificat, for 4 voices | Choral | - | |
| 69 | Marion la doulce, chanson for 3 voices | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 70 | Mater patris/Sancta Dei genitrix, motet for 5 voices | 12:37 min | Choral | - |
| 71 | Meiskin es u cutkin ru, chanson for 4 voices | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
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