(Ne-ko-las’ Gôm-bâr) c. 1495–1560 Flemish composer Joining the Burgundian court around 1525, Gombert travelled widely with the emperor, Charles V, and composed music for state occasions. At a time when many composers were moving towards a style based on clear enunciation of the text and balanced phrases, Gombert wrote complex polyphony with long-breathed melodic lines, unbroken by ...
the early seventeenth century. Recommended Recording: Choral & Organ Music, Oxford Camerata (dir) Jeremy Summerly, Laurence Cummings, organ (Naxos) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Nicolas Gombert | Renaissance | Classical ...
Netherlandish polyphony, and Josquin, whose highly expressive music achieved something close to legendary status even in his own day. With the main composers of the next generation, Gombert and Clemens non Papa (both of whom remained based in the Netherlands), equal-voiced polyphony gradually evolved into a more declamatory and chordal style. In the mid-sixteenth century, the final ...
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