Jan van Turnhout (c. 1545 – 1614 or 1618) was a composer of the

Franco-Flemish School The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition or ...

Life and work

Jan Jacob van Turnhout was possibly the brother of

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, Ja ...

. In 1577 he was appointed ''

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

'' at St Rumbold's Cathedral in

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

. Around 1586 he got a similar position (''maître de chapelle'') with

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, which he would keep until his death. He published ''Il primo libro de madrigali en Sacrarum cantionum''. Two madrigals and a four-part song by him on Dutch texts are also known from other sources. The latter (''Gij meijskens die vander comenscap sijt'') was published in 1572 by the Antwerp printer Petrus Phalesius in his anthology of Dutch songs, the ''Duijtsch musijck boeck''.

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Year of birth uncertain 1618 deaths 16th-century composers Flemish composers People from Turnhout {{Belgium-composer-stub