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Jacob Clemens Non Papa
12+ albums
renaissancecomposerearly musicflemish16th century
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) (c. 1510 to 1515 – 1555 or 1556) was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and was especially famous for his polyphonic settings of the psalms in Dutch known as the Souterliedekens. Nothing is known of his early life, and even the details of the years of his artistic maturity are sketchy. He may have been born in Middelburg, Zeeland, though the evidence is contradictory; certainly he was from somewhere in modern Belgium or the Netherlands. The first unambiguous reference to him is from the late 1530s, when Pierre Attaingnant published a collection of his chansons in Paris. Between March 1544 and June 1545 he worked as succentor at the Bruges cathedral, and shortly thereafter he began a business relationship with Tielman Susato, the publisher in Antwerp, which was to last for the rest of his life. From 1545 until 1549 he was probably choirmaster to Philippe de Croy, Duke of Aerschot, one of Charles V's greatest generals, where he preceded Nicolas Gombert. In 1550 he was employed as sanger ende componist (singer and composer) by the Marian Brotherhood in 's-Hertogenbosch. There is also evidence that he lived and worked in Ypres and Leiden. It is speculated that he also worked in Dordrecht, but there is little evidence supporting this speculation. There are several theories regarding the origin of the epithe
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Gold / Magi Veniunt Ab Orient
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Sing with the Voice of Melody (10th Anniversary)
Clemens Non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis - Crecquillon: Pater peccavi
Art & Music: Bruegel - Music Of His Time
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Thomissøn's Easter
Clemens non Papa: Behold, How Joyful
Jacob Clement
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Bliss - Uplifting Classical Music
A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas
Song Of Songs
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From the Imperial Court: Music for the House of Hapsburg
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Choral Recital: Monteverdi Choir - Morales / Victoria, T.L. / Clements Non Papa / Mouton (Pilgrimage To Santiago)