Anton Gosswin, also Jusswein, Jussonius, Cossiono, Gossovino, Josquinus (prob. Liege –

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, Liege or

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between 2 June 1597 and 28 October 1598), was a

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Life

He is documented as a singer at Munich Court in 1568, he was then appointed court Kapellmeister at

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in 1569 to return to Munich in 1570, as organist at the Peterskirche in 1577. In 1580 he became Kapellmeister to the Bishop of Freising.

Works

Sacred

*Cantiones, 4vv (Nuremberg, 1581); lost *Cantiones sacrae, 5, 6vv (Nuremberg, 1583); lost *Ad te levavi oculos meos, 6vv, 1583 *Laetatus sum, 6vv, 1583 *Missa a cappella, 4vv *Missa super ‘Cognovi Domine’, 4vv *Missa ferialis, 5vv *Missa super ‘Le mois de mai’ *Missa super ‘Missus est angelus’, 5vv *Missa super ‘Vrai Dieu, disait’, 4vv *1 other mass *In te Domine speravi, 3vv *Iste est Johannes, 5vv, lost

Secular

*Newe teutsche Lieder … welche gantz lieblich zu singen, auch auff allerley Instrumenten zu gebrauchen, 3vv (Nuremberg, 1581) *Madrigali, 5vv (Nuremberg, 1615), lost *Eolo crudel come turbasti l'onde, 5vv *Qual meraviglia, 5vv *Non trovo cosa alcuna s'io non pago, 5vv

Notes

Sources

*Lavern J. Wagner's article in

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External links

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Biography at HOASM
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