Information AboutTielman Susato |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT TIELMAN SUSATO | |
| 1500 births | |
| susato, tielman | |
| 1562 deaths | |
| renaissance composers | |
| franco-flemish composers | |
| renaissance music printers | |
| publishers of sheet music | |
| history of antwerp | |
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Not much is known about his early life, but he begins appearing in various Antwerp archives of around , Flute and tenor pipe are listed as instruments that he owned. From 1543 until his death he worked as a music publisher, creating the first music press in the Netherlands ; until then printing had mainly been done in Italy , France and Germany. Soon afterwards, Susato was joined by Pierre Phalèse at Leuven and Christopher Plantin , also in Antwerp, and the Low Countries became a regional center of music publishing. It is possible that Susato also ran a musical instrument business, and he attempted several times to form partnerships with other publishers but none were successful. After his death, sometime between 1561 and 1564 , his son took over his publishing business, but he died in 1564. Susato was also an accomplished composer. He wrote (and published) several books of , which were metrical psalm settings in Dutch, using the tunes of popular songs. They were hugely popular in the Netherlands in the 16th Century . Susato also was a prolific composer of instrumental music, and much of it is still recorded and performed today. He produced one book of dance music in 1551, ''Het derde musyck boexken ... alderhande danserye'', composed of pieces in simple but artistic arrangement. Most of these pieces are dance forms ( Allemande s, Galliard s, and so forth) and are simple and Homophonic in texture; many are based on current popular songs. Often Susato dedicated his publications to prominent citizens of the town. Sometimes he devoted an entire volume to the works of one composer (for example Manchicourt and Crecquillon ). Not surprisingly, he seems to have favored other Flemish composers as subjects for publication. He was also one of the first to publish music of the great late Renaissance composer Lassus . SOURCES
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