Jean de Castro (
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
, c. 1540 – 1611) was a Belgian composer.
[Don Michael Randel ''The Harvard biographical dictionary of music'' 1996 p144 "Castro, Jean de (b. Liège, ca. 1540; d. ca. 1611). Composer. Lived and had works printed in Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Cologne; also lived in Lyons. His compositions were printed in many other European cities as well."] Although he has virtually been forgotten in the revival of renaissance music he was during his life second only to
Lassus in his popularity according to the Antwerp printer-publisher Christophe Plantin.
Despite the Spanish-sounding name Castro was a local from Liège, referred to as "nostre Castro" by the poet Etienne de Walcourt. He worked in Antwerp in the 1570s and was maitre de chapelle to the Duke of Juliers, Liège, in 1580.
Works
* ''Chansons, odes, et sonetz de Pierre Ronsard'' 1576; performing edition Jeanice Brooks 1994
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Recordings
* ''Chansons sur des poèmes de Ronsard'':
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Dominique Visse. Harmonia Mundi
* 7 Motets (''Decantabat populus Israel'', ''Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum'', ''Afflictus sum'', ''O sacrum convivum'', ''Judica me Domine'' and ''Regina Coeli'') on ''Musica Sacra in Colonia'', Cologne Musica Fiata, La Capella Ducale,
Roland Wilson.
* 2000 - Jean de Castro: Polyphony in a European Perspective. Capilla Flamenca with More Maiorum, Piffaro, Trigon-Project, Wim Diepenhorst and Bart Demuyt. Passacaille 931.
References
External links
Jean De Castro: Music and Music Patronage in the 16th Century (online exhibition) The exhibition is part of a larger project to publish an ''
opera omnia
The complete works of an artist, writer, musician, group, etc., is a collection of all of their cultural works. For example, ''Complete Works of Shakespeare'' is an edition containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. A ''Complete W ...
'' of De Castro's work.
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Jean de Castro , Wikipédia See the French Wikipedia for much more information about Jean de Castro.
Belgian composers
Belgian male composers
Belgian male musicians
1540s births
1611 deaths
Prince-Bishopric of Liège musicians
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