Peeter van der Phaliesen, Latinised as Petrus Phalesius, French versions of name Pierre Phalèse and Pierre de PhaleysSusan Bain and Henri Vanhulst, "Phalèse Family", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell ondon: Macmillan Publishers, 2001/ref>''Des cha(n}sons Reduictz en Tabulature de / LVT A DEVX, TROIS, ET QVATRE PARTIES. / Auec une briefue & familiaire Introduction pour entendre & apprendre par / soy mesmes à iouer dudict Lut, / Liure premier''
Phaleys, Louvain, 1547 (c. 1510 – c. 1575) was a Flemish bookseller, printer and publisher. Aside from a number of literary and scientific works, his printing press is mainly known for its publications of music. Phalesius was the principal publisher of music active in the sixteenth-century Low Countries.Leuvense drukken van Petrus Phalesius
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Life

Petrus Phalesius was born in Leuven about 1510. His original name was Peeter (or Pieter) van der Phaliesen.Alfons Goovaerts, ''De muziekdrukkers Phalesius en Bellerus te Leuven en te Antwerpen 1546–1674''
E van Bergen, 1853 ''Canticvm beatæ Mariæ qvod magnificat nvncvpatur, per octo musice modos variatum''
at Flandrica Phalesius started a bookseller business in 1545 and soon set up a publishing house. Phalesius at first outsourced the printing of his books to other printers such as Jacob Bathen, Servaas van Sassen and Reynier Velpen. After obtaining a printing patent in 1552, he established himself as an independent printer in Leuven. By 1553 his press was printing his own high-quality output from movable type. In 1570 he entered into a partnership with

Johannes Bellerus Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

, a printer based in Antwerp, enabling him to reach a wider clientele. Phalesius died in Leuven in 1575. His sons Cornelis (Cornelius) and Petrus Phalesius the Younger continued the family firm. The latter moved the business in 1581 to premises in Antwerp. In Antwerp the publishing house flourished into the seventeenth century under the direction of Petrus the Younger's daughters Maria and Magdalena.

Publications

While the Phalesius press published a number of literary and scientific works such as

Gemma Frisius Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508 – May 25, 1555) was a Frisian physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his d ...

' ''De radio Astronomico & Geometrico liber'', it is mainly known for its publications of music. By 1575 the Phalesius press had published about 180 music books. The majority of Phalesius's output is dedicated to sacred music—

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es, motets and

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s—the rest being a mix of French

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s, Italian

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s, Flemish songs and instrumental works. Vocal and instrumental works are both represented. Because Phalesius put out a number of lute publications during the early years of his activity, some music historians believe that he may himself have played the lute. Phalesius borrowed from many composers and did not hesitate to include works from collections of other publishers. For instance Phalesius' ''Een Duytsch musyck boeck'' (A Dutch music book) of 1572 copies no less than half of the songs from ''Niewe Duytsche Liedekens, met III. IIII. V. VI. ende VIII. partyen'' (New Dutch songs in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 parts) published by Jacob Bathen in Maastricht in 1554.Ben J.P. Salemans, ''Jacob Bathen, printer, publisher and bookseller in Louvain, Maastricht and Düsseldorf c. 1545 to c. 1557'', in: Quaerendo, Volume 19. Issue 1-2 Many pieces are by

Clemens non Papa Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) ( – 1555 or 1556) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and ...

and other Flemish composers such as

Lassus Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Pales ...

and Rore, while some of his instrumental pieces are obviously borrowed from the Parisian publishers Le Roy and Ballard. Notable among these is ''Selectissima... in guiterna ludenda carmina'' (Leuven, 1570), a collection containing instructions (in

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) for amateurs wishing to play the

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, together with 115 pieces for that instrument. In the same year Phalesius published a collection of music for

cittern The cittern or cithren ( Fr. ''cistre'', It. ''cetra'', Ger. ''Cister,'' Sp. ''cistro, cedra, cítola'') is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is d ...

under the title ''Hortulus cytherae''. Other publications include: *''Des chansons reduictz en tabulature de lut a deux, trois et quatre parties …'' (French and Dutch language songs transcribed for lute), Leuven, 1547 *''Hortus musarum'' (over 100 pieces for lute), Leuven, 1552. *''Tiers livre des chansons'', Leuven, 1560. *''Hadriani Willaert musici excellentissimi moteta'', Leuven, 1561. *''Theatrum musicum'' (for lute), Leuven, 1563 *''Luculentum theatrum musicum'' (for lute), Leuven, 1568. *''Recueil des fleurs produictes de la divine musique'', Leuven, 1569. *''Canticvm beatæ Mariæ qvod magnificat nvncvpatur, per octo musice modos variatum'', Leuven, 1563. *''Liber Primus Leviorum Carminum'' (Premier Livre de Danseries), Leuven, 1571. *''Liber leviorum Carminum'', Antwerp, 1572. *''Een Duytsch musyck boeck'' (Dutch language songs of various composers including Servaes van der Meulen, Jan van Wintelroy,

Jean de Latre Petit Jean De Latre ( or 1510 – 31 August 1569) or Joannes de Latre (his surname is also recorded as ''Delattre'', ''Delatre'', ''De Lattre'' and ''Laetrius'') was a Flemish Renaissance composer and choirmaster who worked in Liège and Utrecht ...

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 ...

Adrianus Stockaert Adrianus of Tyre (Ancient Greek: , c. 113 – 193 AD), also written as Hadrian and Hadrianos, was a sophist of ancient Athens who flourished under the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Adrianus was the pupil of Herodes Atticus, and obt ...

Ludovicus Episcopius Lodewijk de Bisschop, latinised as Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520 in Mechelen – 29 April 1595 in Straubing) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and composer of the late Renaissance and one of the first to compose secular songs in the Dutch langu ...

Jan Belle Jan Belle (fl. 1545 - 1566) was a Flemish composer from the Franco-Flemish School and a music theorist.Godelieve Spiessens, "Jan Belle", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrel ...

, Lupus Hellinck, Noë Faignient,

Theodor Evertz Theodor Evertz (fl. c. 1554) was a Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance. Life and work Little is known about Evertz. Three of his Dutch songs are preserved in the anthology of Dutch songs, , published by Jacob Bathen in Maastricht in ...

and possibly

Joannes Zacheus Joannes Zacheus (fl. 1554/1569) was a composer of the Franco-Flemish School. Not much is still known about Zacheus. When the publisher and editor Jacob Bathen published an anthology of Dutch songs titled ''Dat ierste boeck vanden nieuwe Duijtsche ...

), Leuven and Antwerp, 1572.Copy of the ''Duijtsch musijck boeck'', jointy published in 1572 by Petrus Phalesius the Elder in (Leuven) and Johannes Bellerus in Antwerp
in the

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*''Selectissima carmina ludenda in Quinterna'', Leuven, 1573. *''La Fleur des chansons a trois parties'', Leuven, 1574.

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