composer

Obrecht, Jacob

Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457-1505) was a composer of the Low Countries (now Belgium). About his early life and education details are sparse, like in the history of many of his ...

related works

An Augsburg Choirbook of Motets : for 4, 5 and 6 voices / Various authors; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK

Missa Benedicta es : for 6 voices / G.P. da Palestrina; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK

Kwarttonale ode : voor gemengd koor, (1979) / [tekst: Bruce Lee], Hardy Mertens

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK4

Six Motets from a Bavarian Choirbook : for 5 voices / Jacobus Clemens non Papa; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK

composition

Two Passions (published in Wittenberg 1538) : for 4 voices / Johannes Galliculus, Jacob Obrecht; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Other authors:
Galliculus, Johannes (composer)
Wagemakers, Cees (editor)
Contains:
Johannes Galliculus - Passio Domini nostri secundum Marcum (23’)
Jacob Obrecht - Passio Domini nostri secundum (14’)
Description:
The Library of the University of Jena (Thüringen, Germany) possesses a large amount of Early Music part books. Many books have been bound together from individual books to larger volumes.
One of these books, printed in Wittenberg in 1538 contains 2 Passions subsequently bound: Passion according to St. Mark by Johannes Galliculus, and Passion according to St. Matthew by Jacob Obrecht. Both were composed for 4 voices (SATB).
Cees Wagemakers, 2018