1496 portrait from the studio of Hans Memling, givening Obrecht's age as 38
Alias: Hobrecht, Obreht
Life
Born: 1457 or 1458
Died: before 1 August 1505
The son of a town trumpeter of Ghent, Obrecht might have studied with Antoine Busnoys ; he was employed at Bergen-op-Zoon (1480-84), Cambrai (1484), Bruges (1485), Antwerp (1492, Bruges again (1498), and Ferrara (1504), where he died of plague.
View the Wikipedia article on Jacob Obrecht .
List of choral works
Masses
Missa Adieu mes amours
Missa Ave Regina coelorum
Missa Beata viscera
Missa Caput a 4
Missa de Sancto Donatiano a 4 a/k/a Saint Donatian Mass (polytextual--cantus is O Beate Pater). See link below.
Missa de Sancto Martino
Missa De tous biens playne
Missa Fors seulement
Missa Fortuna desperata a 4
Missa Grecorum
Missa Je ne demande
Missa L'homme armé
Missa Libenter gloriabor
Missa Malheur me bat a 4
Missa Maria zart a 4
Missa Mi-mi (quarti toni) a 4
Missa O lumen ecclesie
Missa Petrus apostolus
Missa Pfauenschwanz
Missa Rose playsante
Missa Plurimorum carminum I
Missa Plurimorum carminum II
Missa Salve diva parens
Missa Scaramella
Missa Sicut spina rosam
Missa Si dedero
Missa Sub tuum praesidium
Missa Veci la danse Barbari
Missa Cela sans plus
Missa Gracuuly et biaulx
Missa Je ne seray plus
Missa N'aray-je jamais
Motets
Secular works
Adiu, adiu alternative incipit of Meiskin es u
Als al de weerelt in vruechden leeft 4
Den haghel ende die calde snee 4
Fors seulement 4
Helas alternative incipit for Nec michi nec tibi
Helas mon bien 3
Ic draghe de mutse clutse 4
Ic hoerde de clocskins luden 4
Ic ret my uut spacieren 4
Ic weinsche alle scoene vrauwen eere 4 also attrib. Stoltzer
In hebbe gheen ghelt in mijn bewelt 4
J’ay pris amours 4
Lacen adieu, wel zoete partye 4 untypical
Laet u ghenoughen liever Johan
La tortorella è semplice uccelletto 4
Ma bouche rit 4
Marion la doulce 3
Meiskin es u cutkin ru 4
Moet my lacen u vriendelic schijn 3 untypical
Nec michi nec tibi 2/3 probably instrumental; also attrib. ‘Virgilius’
Rompeltier 4 untypical
Se bien fait 4
Sullen wij langhe in drucke moeten leven 3/4 Alto possibly added
Tandernaken 3
Tant que nostre argent dura 4
Tmeiskin was jonck wel van passe 3/4 ; also attrib. Isaac, Japart
Tsat een cleyn meiskin 4
Waer sij di Han? 4
Wat willen wij metten budel spelen 4
Weet ghij wat mijnder jonghen hert deert 4 untypical
The New Obrecht Edition also includes a canon and 5 other textless works
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Publications
External links