Gaspar de Verlit or Gaspar Verlit (1622–1682) was a Flemish Baroque composer active in Brussels.

Life

He was first chorister and later also a singer at the court chapel in

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at St. Vincent's Church in

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( Zinnik) and singing master at St. Nicolas Church in Brussels. In 1658, he became chaplain at the court chapel. He published two anthologies: (1661 and 1668). Further, four more sacred works survive, of which one has not been completely preserved. The ''Cantiones Natalitiae'' appeared in 1660. Such

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s were also published by Brussels composer Ioannes Florentius a Kempis, organist at the ‘Chapel of Our Lady’ Church. His anthology of Christmas carols was published in 1657 while those by Guillielmus Borremans, singing master at the

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Church, and by Gaspar, were published in 1660.

Sources

*''The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians'', London, 2001 *''Die Wettener Liederhandschrift und ihre Beziehungen zu den niederlandischen Cantiones Natalitiae des 17. Jahrhunderts'' by Wilhelm Schepping, editor: Rudolf Rasch, in ''Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, D. 29ste, Afl. 1ste (1979), pp. 62–68''

External links

Web site with information about the Cantiones Natalititiae
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verlit, Gaspar de 1622 births 1682 deaths Flemish Baroque composers 17th-century classical composers