Guilielmus Borremans
Guiglielmus Borremans or Willem Borremans was a Flemish composer and the choir master of the Saint Gaugericus Church in Brussels. Life and work In 1660, he published in Antwerp, at the editing house of Petrus Phalesius' descendants, a series of Christmas songs in four parts and with Dutch and Latin texts, which bore the title: ''Cantiones natalitiae quinque vocum auctore d. Guiliel. Borremans in ecclesia parochiali S. Gaucerici Bruxellis phonasco. Antwerp: Apud haeredes Petri Phalesii, 1660''. The melody was put in the upper voice. The ''praecentus'' doubled the ''cantus.'' It is not clear what this meant. The soloist might have been singing in front, while the choir sang in the background. The way the songs have been edited might suggest the songs were performed in this way. It has also been suggested the ''praecentus'' sang half of the stanzas or the complete stanzas, while the choir would have repeated them. This kind of performance has been found written down in some older e ...
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Saint Gaugericus
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France. Biography He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present Carignan).Van der Essen, Léon. "St. Géry." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 3 June 2018 Tradition states that Bishop , successor of Saint Nicetas as Bishopr of Trier was so impressed with the piety of the young man that he ordained him deacon, but not before Gaugericus had memorized the entire psalter. Magnerich entrusted Gaugericus with the pastoral care of the city of Camb ...
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