Short bio Ludwig Senfl
Full biography Ludwig Senfl
Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486-1543) was a Swiss composer who worked during the Renaissance era, primarily in Germany. He is widely regarded as one of the most important German-speaking composers of the time. Senfl is known for his large body of work, which includes Masses, motets, and vernacular lieder (songs written in the language of the people).
Senfl started his career as a choirboy, singing in the choir of the St. Gallen monastery in Switzerland. He eventually joined the court chapel of Emperor Maximilian I in Vienna as a singer and later became a composer and music director for the court. Senfl also spent time in Munich as a composer for the Bavarian court.
Senfl's music is characterized by its rich harmonies and polyphonic style, as well as its incorporation of both sacred and secular themes. He is particularly known for his works written for Martin Luther, with whom he had a close relationship and wrote two motets for. Senfl also wrote numerous German lieder , with most of them being secular.
Today, Senfl's works are still widely performed and recorded. His contributions to the development of Renaissance music in Germany have been recognized as significant, and his legacy as a composer continues to be celebrated by musicians and scholars alike.
Compositions featuring Ludwig Senfl
# | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
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1 | Ich scheid dahin, song for 4 voices | 3:50 min | Vocal Music | 1544 |
2 | Mein'n Fleiß und Müeh', song for 4 voices | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | 1544 |
3 | Rosina, wo was dein Gestalt, song for 6 voices | 3:53 min | Vocal Music | 1544 |
4 | Ungnad' begehr' ich nit von ihr, song for 4 voices | 2:58 min | Vocal Music | 1544 |
5 | Was wird es doch des Wunders noch, for 4 voices | 7:16 min | Vocal Music | 1539 |
6 | Popule meus quic feci, motet for 4 voices | 10:57 min | Choral | 1538 |
7 | Ave Rosa Sine Spinis, motet for 5 voices | 6:59 min | Vocal Music | 1537 |
8 | Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein | 2:27 min | Vocal Music | 1534 |
9 | Wahrhaftig mag ich sprechen wohl, lied for 4 voices | 5:33 min | Vocal Music | 1534 |
10 | Was wird es doch des Wunders noch, for 7 voices, S iv, 44 | 3:30 min | Vocal Music | 1534 |
11 | Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal, for 4 voices, S iv, 116 | 2:46 min | Vocal Music | 1534 |
12 | Ave Domine Jesu Christe, quinque salutationes for 4 voices | 10:58 min | Choral | 1526 |
13 | Mollis inertia cum tantam diffuderit imis, for 4 voices | 4:11 min | Choral | 1519 |
14 | E schön und zart, song | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | 15?? |
15 | Virgo prudentissima, motet for 4 voices | 2:12 min | Vocal Music | 15?? |
16 | Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein / Es taget vor dem Walde, for 4 voices | 2:34 min | Choral | - |
17 | Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein, for 4 voices | 1:02 min | Choral | - |
18 | Ach Elslein-Es taget vor dem Walde | 2:04 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
19 | Albrecht mirs schwer for 2 shawms and 2 sackbuts | 3:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
20 | Alleluia, mane nobiscum Domine, motet for 6 voices | 3:55 min | Choral | - |
21 | Alles regres, for 4 parts | 2:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
22 | Alma redemptoris Mater, a 6 | 6:53 min | Choral | - |
23 | Ave Maria, motet for 6 voices | 11:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
24 | Carmen / Lamentatio, song | 1:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
25 | Carmen in la | 1:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
26 | Carmen in re | 1:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
27 | Das Gläut zu Speyer (The Merry Bells of Speyer), for winds | 1:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
28 | De profundis, for 5 voices | 6:12 min | Choral | - |
29 | Die Brünnlein, die Da Fliessen for voices | 2:46 min | Choral | - |
30 | Dort oben auf dem Berge, for vocal, 2 crumhorns, sackbut and curtail | 1:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
31 | Ecce Quam bonum, motet | 9:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
32 | Ego, ego ipse consolaboe vos, motet | 2:17 min | Choral | - |
33 | Ein alt bös Weib, song | 1:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
34 | Ein Maidlein zue dem Brunnen ging, for 2 sopranos, recorder and guitar | 2:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
35 | Elend bringt Pein | 4:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
36 | En quam honesta, for chorus | 4:23 min | Choral | - |
37 | Entlaubet ist der Walde à 4 | 3:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
38 | Entlaubet ist der Walde, Canon Diskant & Tenor à 4 | 3:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
39 | Es hett ein Biedermann ein Weib | 2:24 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
40 | Es taget vor dem Walde | 2:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
41 | Es Warb Ein Schöner Jungling | 5:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
42 | Es was eins Bauren Töchterlein, for voice & ensemble | 1:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
43 | Es wollt ein Frau zuem Weine gahn, for vocal and strings | 1:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
44 | Es wollt ein Maidlein Wasser holn, for soprano and strings | 1:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
45 | Es wollt ein Mann versuchen sein Weib, for voice & ensemble | 2:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
46 | Ewiger Gott, for chorus & organ | 2:20 min | Choral | - |
47 | Exemplum | 2:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
48 | Fortuna / Nasci, pati, mori, for 5 voices | 1:55 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
49 | Fortuna ad voces musicales, for 4 voices | 2:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
50 | Fortuna desperata / Herr durch dein Bluet, for 4 voices | 5:06 min | Choral | - |
51 | Fraw ich bin euch von hertzen hold | 2:05 min | Choral | - |
52 | Gaude Dei genitrix, motet for 4 voices | 5:18 min | Choral | - |
53 | Geduld umb Huld, for voice & ensemble | 2:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
54 | Gloria, for 4 voices | 6:10 min | Choral | - |
55 | Helena desiderio plena orabat cum lachrimis / Fortuna desperata, song | 3:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
56 | Iam satis terris | 3:34 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
57 | Ich armer Mann, mein Herz ist alles Traurens voll / Ach Gott wem soll ich's klagen, song | 1:51 min | Vocal Music | - |
58 | Ich armes Käuzlein kleine, song | 1:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
59 | Ich hab ' mich redlich g'halten, song for 5 voices, S ii, 116 | 1:14 min | Vocal Music | - |
60 | Ich hett mir ein endlein fürgenommen | 1:38 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
61 | Ich sag und clag das ander, song | 5:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
62 | Ich schell'mein horn in Jammers Ton | 2:33 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
63 | Ich soll und müß ein'n Büehlen for vocal, recorder and guitar | 1:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
64 | Ich Stuend an Einem Morgen, for 4 voices | 3:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
65 | Ich stünd an einem Morgen, for 5 voices | 1:53 min | Choral | - |
66 | Ich weiss nicht, was er ihr Verheiss, for voices | 1:18 min | Choral | - |
67 | Ich weiß nit, was er ihr verhieß, for 4 voices | 1:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
68 | Im Maien for winds (reprise) | 1:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
69 | Im Maien, im Maien hört man die Hahnen kraien, song for voice & ensemble | 1:52 min | Vocal Music | - |
70 | Im Mayen hört man die Hanen kraien | 2:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
71 | In lieb und freid hab ich mein bscheid, for 4 parts | 2:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
72 | In pace in idipsum, for chorus | 4:24 min | Choral | - |
73 | K. Dein bin ich du frewest mich, song | 4:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
74 | Kein Adler in der Welt so schon-Es taget vor dem Walde-Ich stuend an eimem Morgen, for 2 counter tenors, tenor & ensemble | 3:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
75 | Kein Lieb Ohn Treu for 4 voices | 1:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
76 | Kein sach mir nie auf Erden hat großern, song | 7:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
77 | Lamentatio | 1:39 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
78 | Lamentatio for strings, crumhorn and percussion | 1:03 min | Orchestral | - |
79 | Laub, Gras und Blut | 1:33 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
80 | Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, for 4 voices | 3:17 min | Choral | - |
81 | Laudate pueri Dominum à 4 | 2:56 min | Choral | - |
82 | Lieblich hat sich gesellet | 2:41 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
83 | Lust hab'ich ghabt zuer Musica | 6:28 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
84 | M. dein bin ich / Es taget vor dem walde das drit, song | 2:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
85 | M. dein bin ich / Es taget vor dem walde, song | 1:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
86 | Mag ich unglück nit widerstan | 2:14 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
87 | Magnificat in tone 6 | 9:36 min | Choral | - |
88 | Maria zart | 2:52 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
89 | Mass for Saint Sebaldus, for chorus & organ | 12:58 min | Choral | - |
90 | Mater Digna Dei | 8:18 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
91 | Media vita in morte sumus, motet for chorus | 4:24 min | Choral | - |
92 | Mein Fleiss un Müeh | 1:28 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
93 | Mir ist ein rot Goldringelein | 1:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
94 | Miserere Mei Deus, motet for 5 voices | Vocal Music | - | |
95 | Missa dominicalis "L'homme armé", for 4 voices | Vocal Music | - | |
96 | Missa Nisi dominus aedificaverit domum | Choral | - | |
97 | Missa paschalis, for 5 voices | 9:21 min | Choral | - |
98 | Missa per signum crucis | 22:10 min | Choral | - |
99 | Missa super psalmus Nisi Dominus, for 5 voices | 21:13 min | Choral | - |
100 | Mit Lust trit ich an disen Tantz, motet for chorus | 1:16 min | Choral | - |
101 | Mit Lust tritt ich an diesen Tanz, for 6 voices | 1:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
102 | Nisi Dominus, psalm motet for 5 voices | 6:22 min | Choral | - |
103 | Non Moriar, sed Vivam, motet | 3:15 min | Choral | - |
104 | Non usitata nec tenui ferar, for 4 voices | 4:09 min | Choral | - |
105 | Nun grüeß dich Gott, du edler Saft | 1:23 min | Choral | - |
106 | Nun wollt ihr hören neue Mär' for 2 sopranos, cornemuse and guitar | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
107 | O crux, ave. spes unica (Fortuna), for chorus | 2:41 min | Choral | - |
108 | O du armer Judas | 1:27 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
109 | O gloriosum lumen omnium, motet for 5 voices | 5:27 min | Choral | - |
110 | O Herre Gott, begnade mich | 4:11 min | Choral | - |
111 | Ohn allen Scherz ist mir mein Herz, song | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
112 | Oho, so geb' der Mann, for vocal, cornemuse and guitar | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
113 | Omnes gentes, psalm motet for 5 voices | 10:27 min | Choral | - |
114 | Patientia | 3:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
115 | Patientiam muess ich han | 3:32 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
116 | Petit, nihil me sicut antea juvat, for 4 voices | 5:54 min | Choral | - |
117 | Preambulum à 6, for organ | 3:17 min | Keyboard | - |
118 | Puer natus est nobis, motet for 4 voices | 18:27 min | Choral | - |
119 | Quid vitam sine te, motet for 4 voices | Vocal Music | - | |
120 | Quis dabit oculis nostris | 5:12 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
121 | Quodlibet: Es taget/Ach Elselein/Wann ich des Morgens | 0:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
122 | Quodlibet: Ich stuend / Fortuna | 1:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
123 | Sancta Maria Virgo, intercede, for chorus | 4:45 min | Choral | - |
124 | Sic Deus dilexit mundum, motet for chorus | 3:25 min | Choral | - |
125 | So ich sie dann freundlich grüeß, for voice & harp | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
126 | So man lang macht, for voice & harp | 4:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
127 | So trinken wir alle | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
128 | Spiritus Sanctus in te descendet, for chorus | 2:55 min | Choral | - |
129 | Tag, Zeit noch Stund | 4:38 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
130 | Tandernaken, lied for 4 voices | 2:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
131 | Taundernaken, for 5 voices, S iv, 123 | 3:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
132 | Te Deum laudamus, motet for 4 voices | Vocal Music | - | |
133 | Tota pulchra es | 9:58 min | Choral | - |
134 | Unsäglich Schmerz, for voices | 4:33 min | Choral | - |
135 | Veni Sancte Spiritus, for 5 voices | 6:02 min | Choral | - |
136 | Verbum caro factum est, motet for 6 voices | 9:55 min | Choral | - |
137 | Virga Jesse floruit à 4 | 5:51 min | Choral | - |
138 | Vita in ligno moritur | 3:00 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
139 | Wann ich des Morgens früh aufsteh | 2:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
140 | Was all mein Tag | 2:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
141 | Was wird es doch des Wunders noch, for 5 voices, S iv, 41 | 2:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
142 | Wie wohl ich trag, song | 8:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
143 | Wie wohl viehl herter Örden sind | 3:01 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
144 | Will neimand singen, for voice(s), recorder and guitar | 2:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
145 | Wol kumpt der May | 5:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
146 | Wöhl auf, wir wölen's wecken, for voice & harp | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Ludwig Senfl
# | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
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1 | Singer Pur, Ensemble Leones - Senfl – Senfl(CD, Album) | 2022 | Oehms Classics | |
2 | Fritz Wunderlich, Senfl, Isaac, Buxtehude, Schütz – Musik Vor Bach | Music Before Bach(2×CD, Compilation) | 2018 | SWR Music | |
3 | Luther, Senfl, Hassler, Lechner, Lassus, Schein, Per-Sonat, Sabine Lutzenberger, Joel Frederiksen, Caroline Ritchie, Baptiste Romain, Marc Lewon – Bis An Der Welt Ihr Ende: Deutsche Lieder Der Reformationszeit(CD, Album) | 2017 | Christophorus | |
4 | Wiener Sängerknaben Und Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Aus Dem Repertoire Der Kaiserlichen Hofkapelle | 2016 | Archiv Produktion | |
5 | Ludwig Senfl, La Caccia, Patrick Denecker, Tore Tom Denys – All Ding Ein Weil - Songs And Instrumental Music(CD, Album) | 2012 | Musica Ficta | |
6 | Zwingli, Senfl, Bachofen, Schmidlin, Egli, Kayser, Liste, Eschmann, Müller, Wagner, Baumgartner – Musik In Zürich 1500-1900(CD, Album) | 2007 | Guild | |
7 | Ludwig Senfl / Fretwork, Charles Daniels (2) – Im Maien(CD, ) | 2004 | Harmonia Mundi | |
8 | Missa Paschalis Und Motetten(CD, ) | 2002 | MGB (2) | |
9 | Senfl – Ensemble Officium, Wilfried Rombach – Komponist Der Reformation - Composer Of The Reformation - Un Compositeur De La Réforme | 2000 | Christophorus | |
10 | Ludwig Senfl, Weser-Renaissance, Manfred Cordes – Deutsche Lieder · Carmina(CD, Album) | 1999 | cpo | |
11 | Dufay, Obrecht, Isaac, Senfl, Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, Jenkins – The Glory Of Early Music | 1997 | Naxos | |
12 | Oswald von Wolkenstein, Johannes Ciconia, "Roman De Fauvel", Ludwig Senfl, Guillaume de Machaut I – Reflexe Stationen Europäischer Musik - Vol. I(6×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) | 1996 | EMI Classics | |
13 | Ludwig Senfl, Clemencic Consort - Dir. René Clemencic – Motette / Lieder / Oden(CD, Album) | 1986 | Accord | |
14 | Martin Agricola, Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter, Heinrich Isaac, Paul Hofhaimer, Arnold Von Bruck – Musik Der Luther-Zeit(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1983 | His Master's Voice | |
15 | Gioacchino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Mily Balakirev, Ludwig Senfl, Manfredo Barberini, Goffredo Petrassi, Johannes Brahms, Marc Andreae, Otmar Nussio, Leopoldo Casella, James Loomis, Luciano Sgrizzi, Edwin Loehrer, Solisti, Coro & Orchestra Della RTSI | 1983 | RTSI Televisione Svizzera | |
16 | Capella Antiqua München, Orlandi Di Lasso, Ludwig Senfl, Leonhard Lechner, Ludwig Daser – Bayern's Schlösser Und Residenzen: München II ( Castillos Y Residencias De Baviera )(2×LP, Stereo) | 1976 | BASF | |
17 | Heinrich Finck / Paul Hofhaymer / Ludwig Senfl / Heinrich Isaac, Les Menestrels, Franz Haselböck – Musica Maximiliana(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1973 | Musical Heritage Society | |
18 | Capella Antiqua München, Orlandi Di Lasso, Ludwig Senfl, Leonhard Lechner, Ludwig Daser – Bayern's Schlösser Und Residenzen: München II, Die Bayerische Hofkapelle Im 16.Jahrhundert(2×LP, Stereo) | 1973 | BASF | |
19 | Senfl / Schmeltzl / Le Maistre / Franck / Rathgeber - Capella Lipsiensis – Quodlibets | 1972 | ETERNA | |
20 | Ludwig Senfl - Wally Staempfli, Kurt Huber Und Fritz Näf, Eugen M. Dombois, Ricercare-Ensemble Für Alte Musik, Zürich, Michel Piguet – Deutsche Lieder | 1972 | His Master's Voice | |
21 | Ludwig Senfl / Renaissance-Ensemble Pöhlert – Frau Wirtin, Habt Ihr Uns Nit Gern (Ludwig Senfl: Geistliche Und Weltliche Sätze)(LP) | 1970 | Da Camera Magna | |
22 | Heinrich Isaac, Anton Brumel, Pierre de la Rue, Ludwig Senfl, Paul Hofhaimer, Jacob Obrecht, Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Heinrich Isaac Und Seine Zeit | 1968 | ETERNA | |
23 | Ludwig Sennfl • Thomas Stoltzer • Stefan Mahu • Studio Der Frühen Musik – Bauern-, Tanz- Und Straßenlieder In Deutschland Um 1500 | 1967 | Telefunken | |
24 | Heinrich Isaac - Ludwig Senfl - Capella Antiqua München - Konrad Ruhland – Missa Carminum - Missa Per Signum Crucis | 1967 | Christophorus | |
25 | Composer To The Court & Chapel Of Emperor Maximilian 1 | 1963 | Brunswick | |
26 | Johannes Brenneke, Eugen Müller-Dombois, Fritz Wunderlich, Theo Altmeyer, RIAS Chamber Choir – Music For Maximlian: Sounds Of The Renaissance Court Of The Holy Roman Empire | 1961 | Angel Records | |
27 | Concentus Musicus Ensemble Für Alte Musik - Isaak ~ Brumel ~ Senfl ~ Fink ~ Compère ~ Josquin ~ Obrecht – Instrumentalmusik Am Hofe Maximilians I. | 1961 | Amadeo | |
28 | Paul Hofhaimer, Heinrich Isaac, Heinrich Finck, Ludwig Senfl, Thomas Stoltzer, Capella Antiqua München – Das Deutsche Lied um 1500(7", 45 RPM) | 1960 | Telefunken | |
29 | Wenn ich des Morgens früh aufsteh(7") | 1953 | Archiv Produktion | |
30 | Orlando Di Lasso, Ludwig Senfl, Josquin Desprez , Martin Luther-Kantorei, Detmold, Eberhard Popp – Musica Reservata (Motetten von Orlando Di Lasso, Ludwig Senfl, Josquin Desprez)(LP, Stereo) | - | Cantate | |
31 | Senfl · Hochheimer · Isaac – Geistliche Lieder Und Instrumentalsätze Der Lutherzeit(LP, Stereo) | - | Telefunken | |
32 | Heinrich Isaac, Ludwig Senfl - N.C.R.V. Vocaal Ensemble Hilversum Leitung: Marinus Voorberg – Marien-Motetten(LP, Stereo) | - | Camerata (2) | |
33 | Manfredo Barberini / Ludwig Senfl / Franz Tischhauser / Julien-François Zbinden – In Honorem Lucani / Drei Motetten / Punctus Contra Punctum / Fantaisie Pour Flûte Et Orchestre Op. 22(LP, Promo) | - | Communauté De Travail Pour La Diffusion De La Musique Suisse | |
34 | Heinrich Isaac, Hans Judenkönig, Paul Hofhaimer, Ludwig Senfl, Josquin Despres, Leonhard Kleber, Wolfgang Grefinger, Heinrich Finck, Hans Kotter – Innsbruck. Die Hofkapelle Maximilians I.(LP) | - | EMI Electrola GmbH | |
35 | Heinrich Isaac, Paul Hofhaimer, Ludwig Senfl, The Ambrosian Singers – Le Triomphe De Maximilien 1er(2×LP, Stereo) | - | Belvedere | |
36 | Deutsche Lieder(LP, Stereo) | - | Communauté De Travail Pour La Diffusion De La Musique Suisse | |
37 | Manfredo Barberini, Ludwig Senfl, Loys Bourgeois – In Honorem Lucani / Drei Motetten / Psaumes Et Motetes(LP, Stereo) | - | Communauté De Travail Pour La Diffusion De La Musique Suisse | |
38 | Ludwig Senfl, Pöhlert Renaissance Ensemble, Werner Pöhlert – Sacred And Secular Music(LP, Compilation) | - | Musical Heritage Society, Inc. |
Videos featuring Ludwig Senfl
Die Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis - "Imperii proceres"
Link to an archive of the record in 16/44.1 FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/tmw9m6mh8434q/Aus%20dem%20Repertoire%20der%20kaiserlichen%20Hofkapelle
Password: White_Fox97
Cartridge: Audio Technica AT95E tracking @ 2.25 g
Turntable: Technics SL-D2
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Senfl / Werner Pöhlert, 1965: Sacred and Secular Music - Vinyl MHS 1390
Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Empe
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