Johannes de Cleve
Johannes de Cleve (c. 1529 – 14 July 1582) was a composer active at the court of Ferdinand I and Charles II. He was presumably born in the Duchy of Cleves, and recruited into the court as a choirboy in the same way as Lassus and many others. He was originally a singer in Ferdinand's chapel in Vienna, but when Charles II organized a new chapel in Graz in 1564, he appointed de Cleve as the first Kapellmeister in Graz.
Johannes de Cleve
- Born
- 1529 · Kleve.
- Died
- 1582
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages
- German
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Johannes de Cleve (c. 1529 – 14 July 1582) was a composer active at the court of Ferdinand I and Charles II. He was presumably born in the Duchy of Cleves, and recruited into the court as a choirboy in the same way as Lassus and many others. He was originally a singer in Ferdinand's chapel in Vienna, but when Charles II organized a new chapel in Graz in 1564, he appointed de Cleve as the first Kapellmeister in Graz.
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• Laudatory and occasional Latin motets for the Habsburg court. • 'Missa rex Babylonis venit ad lacum.'
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1529
Johannes de Cleve born at Kleve.
1582
Johannes de Cleve died.
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