RENAISSANCE MUSIC

BALDUIN HOYOUL

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His lifeHis familyCompositionsAnecdoteVideo

HIS LIFE (1)

Was born in Liège (Belgium) in 1548

He died in Stuttgart (Germany) the 26 of November in 1594

Was a pupil of Lassus at the Bavarian ducal court in Munich

Lassus

HIS LIFE (2)

Works he did- Worked as a chorister (before 1563)- Adult singer, music teacher and

composer (1565 - 1589)- In succession to his father in lawLudwig Daser (1589) in a work called Hofkapellmeister

HIS FAMILY (1)

His father in law (as you saw before) was Ludwig Daser.

- he took a post (the one Balduin success in 1589) in 1572 after loosing the equivalent in Munich

He got married the 13th of February in 1580

COMPOSITIONS (1)

He’s bests compositions are the Sacrae Cantiones

That are divided in twentyMotets - the firsts ten are written in five parts. - then six motets in six parts - and finally motets divided in seven, eight and nine parts

COMPOSITIONS (2)

He also wrote other motets called “the German Motets”

These ones are very similar to the other I told before

Are divided in eight motets which is not as much as the Sacrae Cantiones

COMPOSITIONS (3)

A part of the others he wrote several compositions not very good so people didin’t

like it.

It often were short and not very adapted to the characteristics of the epoch.

ANECDOTE

When he was a choirboy in the Württemberg Hofkapelle in Stuttgart and in the summer of

1563 when he was 15 he broke his voice.

So he couldn’t sang good any more.

VIDEO

Here you can see a video of the renaissance music

YouTube - Renaissance Music - Ia não podeis ser cõtentes

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