Geert van Turnhout

Geert van Turnhout (French: Gérard de Turnhout; c. 1520–15 September 1580) was a Flemish composer, who became master of the Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca) in Spain.

He was born in Turnhout. He had a younger brother, also a composer, Jan van Turnhout.[1] Turnhout was employed first at Antwerp, then at the Church of St Gummarus, Lier, Belgium, (maître de chapelle 1559), then in 1562 back to the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) where he was made maître de chant in 1563. On 2 May 1571 Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba engaged Turnhout as maestro de capilla of the Capilla Flamenca Philip II of Spain in Madrid to succeed Jean de Bonmarché. Turnhout arrived in Madrid with a group of singers from the Low Countries. He remained there until his death, when he was succeeded by George de La Hèle.

Works
  • Missa ‘O Maria vernans rosa’ a 5 1570
  • Sacrarum ac aliarum cantonum a 3 (Leuven, 1569): 20 motets, 20 chansons[2] Dedicated to Adrian Dyck, notary of Antwerp, it includes a dedicatory motet to Phillip II.
  • 3 motets, 10 chansons, 2 voices, 1571
  • 4 Dutch songs, 4–5 voices 1572
  • 5 French sacred songs, 3 voices, in 1577

Discography
  • chanson: En regardant on Musicians of the Chapelle de Bourgogne dir. Bernardin Van Eeckhout, L'Oiseau-Lyre OL 50 104 (LP, mono)
  • Jerusalem luge and 2 chansons: Craint' et espoir. Dueil, double dueil on Leal Amour: Flemish Composers at the Court of Philip II Turnhout, Hèle, Rogier, Gombert, Payen, Manchicourt, Egidius Kwartet Etcetera 1218
  • 2 chansons: Je prens en gré la dure mort. Jouÿsance vous donneray on Philippe Rogier en Spanje Capella Sancti Michaelis & Currende Consort dir. Erik Van Nevel Eufoda 1161 (1993).
gollark: Our apiologists determined that the probability of this is between -π and 22.03.
gollark: What features are to occur?
gollark: Oh no, heavdrones are becoming MORE inevitable?
gollark: Yes, people don't think "wow, I will get SO MUCH WATER at such a reasonable cost with this bottled product", they think "hmm, I thirst for dihydrogen monoxide, I suppose I will have to overpay for this cylinder of it since it is nearby and convenient".
gollark: Corporate procurement departments frequently overpay for simple things somehow.

References
  1. Doorslaer G. van. ‘Jean van Turnhout, compositeur, maître de chapelle à Malines et à Bruxelles’, Musica sacra, Bruges, 1935, p218–48
  2. L.J. Wagner: Preface to Sacred and Secular Songs for Three Voices, RRMR, ix (1970)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.