1496 portrait from the studio of Hans Memling, giving Obrecht's age as 38
Aliases: Jacob Hobrecht; Jacob 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 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 beate pater Donatiane
Missa O lumen ecclesie
Missa O quam suavis est
Missa Petrus apostolus
Missa Pfauenschwanz
Missa Rose playsante
Missa Plurimorum carminum I
Motets
Alma redemptoris Mater a 4
Angeli Archangeli/Comme femme a 6
Assunt festa jubilea a 3
Ave maris stella a 3
Assunt festa jubilea a 4
Beata es Maria
Cuius sacrata viscera 2nd verse of Assunt festa jubilea
Discubuit Jesus (dubious, missing alto)
Ego sum Dominus contrafactum of Alma redemptoris
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 vv.
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
Works at CPDL
Sacred music
Secular music
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Publications
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