Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: Friday, November 22, 1450 in Bergen-op-Zoom,
Netherlands
Died: c. 1505 in Ferrara, Italy
Nation of Origin: Netherlands
Major Works:
Missa carminum
Missa caput
Je ne demande Mass
Tsaat een meskin
Approximately 24 masses
Approximately 24 motets
Chansons, and instrumental compositions.
Other Information:
Obrecht was employed in Cambrai, Bruges, and Antwerp and also
traveled to Italy to work in the court of Ferrara (1487-88). He
returned to Ferrara in 1504 and died there of the plague in 1505.
Most of his masses are cantus firmi masses ( based on either
secular songs or Gregorian chants). Obrecht's music is
characterized by spontaneity and experimentation. His use of modes
was novel for the time.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton &
Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W.
Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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