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Pierre Alamire, the Glossary

Pierre Alamire (also Petrus Alamire; probable birth name Peter van den Hove; c. 1470 – 26 June 1536) was a German-Dutch music copyist, composer, instrumentalist, mining engineer, merchant, diplomat and spy of the Renaissance.^[1]

44 relations: 's-Hertogenbosch, Adrian Willaert, Antwerp, Brussels, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Christian III of Denmark, Composer, Electorate of Bavaria, Erasmus, Europe, Franco-Flemish School, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Germany, Heinrich Isaac, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Empire, House of Habsburg, Jena, Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, Kingdom of England, London, Low Countries, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands), Mechelen, Metz, Munich, Netherlands, Nuremberg, Philip the Handsome, Pierre de la Rue, Pierre Moulu, Pope Leo X, Renaissance music, Richard de la Pole, Sackbut, Seventeen Provinces, Solmization, Thomas Wolsey, Vatican City, Vienna.
15th-century Franco-Flemish composers
British spies
Music copyists

's-Hertogenbosch

s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc,; Herzogenbusch), colloquially known as Den Bosch, is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783.

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Adrian Willaert

Adrian Willaert (– 7 December 1562) was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Pierre Alamire and Adrian Willaert are 16th-century Franco-Flemish composers and Renaissance composers.

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Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Christian III of Denmark

Christian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Electorate of Bavaria

The Electorate of Bavaria (Kurfürstentum Bayern) was a quasi-independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623 to 1806, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria.

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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. Pierre Alamire and Erasmus are 1536 deaths.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Franco-Flemish School

The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from France and from the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as to the composers who wrote it.

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Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Heinrich Isaac

Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish composer of south Netherlandish origin during the Renaissance era. Pierre Alamire and Heinrich Isaac are 15th-century Franco-Flemish composers and 16th-century Franco-Flemish composers.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.

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Jena

Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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Johannes Ockeghem

Johannes Ockeghem (– 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. Pierre Alamire and Johannes Ockeghem are 15th-century Franco-Flemish composers and Renaissance composers.

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Josquin des Prez

Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez (– 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Pierre Alamire and Josquin des Prez are 15th-century Franco-Flemish composers, 16th-century Franco-Flemish composers and Renaissance composers.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy

Margaret of Austria (Margarete; Marguerite; Margaretha; Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530.

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Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)

Mary of Austria (15 September 1505 – 18 October 1558), also known as Mary of Hungary, was queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

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Mechelen

Mechelen (Malines; historically known as Mechlin in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as Mechlin, from where the adjective Mechlinian is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. The city's French name, Malines, had also been used in English in the past (in the 19th and 20th centuries); however, this has largely been abandoned.

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Metz

Metz (Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nuremberg

Nuremberg (Nürnberg; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

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Philip the Handsome

Philip the Handsome (22 June/July 1478 – 25 September 1506), also called the Fair, was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506, as well as the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I) for a brief time in 1506.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Alamire

Also known as Peter Van den Hove, Petrus Alamire.

Pierre Alamire, the Glossary

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See also

15th-century Franco-Flemish composers

British spies

Music copyists

References