Hubert Waelrant
Flemish composer, teacher and music editor · Musicians · Lived 1517 to 1595 · aged 78
Hubert Waelrant or Hubertus Waelrant was a Flemish composer, singer, teacher, music editor, bookseller, printer and publisher active in 16th century Antwerp. He was a member of the generation of the Franco-Flemish School of composers who were contemporaries of Palestrina.
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Title page of the 'Di Hvberto Vvaelrant le canzon napolitane a qvattro voce' by Hubert Waelrant, published by Girolamo Scotto in Venice in 1565
Title page of the 'Sacrarum cantionum' published by Waelrant and de Laet in 1554/1555
The song 'Vorria morire' by Hubert Waelrant, published by Girolamo Scotto in Venice in 1565About this person
Unlike famous composers of his time he mostly worked in northern Europe. His style is a transition between that of Nicolas Gombert and the mature Orlande de Lassus. His compositions were modern in the use of chromaticism and dissonance.
