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Jacob Obrecht (1457 / 1458 – late July, 1505) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. He was the most famous composer of masses in Europe in the late 15th century, being ...
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Biographical information on Jacob Obrecht. ... Musical Work: Approximately 24 masses, 22 motets, several chansons and instrumental compositions.

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Jacob Obrecht (1450?–1505?), one of the outstanding Flemish composers of his day, his mostly polyphonic sacred music (which in style predates that of Josquin Desprez) centered on the Mass, for which he wrote 24 compositions. He was innovative, developing borrowed material, and using a secular fixed cantus firmus (Latin for 'fixed song') in his Missa super Maria zart (Mass for Gentle Mary). He also wrote motets and secular works. He worked as a kapellmeister (chapel master) in cities in what are now the Netherlands and Belgium.