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Loyset Compère

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Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer

MusiciansLived 1445 to 1518 · aged 73
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Loyset Compère was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.

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Manuscript of Omnium bonorum plena, a motet by Compère, and possibly his earliest surviving work; the exact date is uncertain, but it was possibly written for the dedication of Cambrai Cathedral on 2 July 1472.Manuscript of Omnium bonorum plena, a motet by Compère, and possibly his earliest surviving work; the exact date is uncertain, but it was possibly written for the dedication of Cambrai Cathedral on 2 July 1472.

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Albums 6

EEEarly Music Bangers - Unequal Temperament, Equal Energy2026
JCJosquin's Legacy: Motets of the 15th & 16th Centuries2021
CCCompère: Magnificat, Motets & Chansons2015
LGLoyset Compère: Chorwerk (Arr. for Guitar)2015
DWDufay: Missa Puisque je vis & Other Works2003
LCLoyset Compère1993

Musicians born in the 1440s 6

Bianca de' Medici48.8Hayne van Ghizeghem44.3Alexander Agricola51.0Gaspar van Weerbeke41.7Johannes Martini41.6Manuel Chrysaphes38.4

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Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1445 to 1518 · aged 73
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17 languages

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