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Jan Belle

Jan Belle (fl. 1545 – 1566) was a Flemish composer from the Franco-Flemish School and a music theorist. Live Between 1546 and 1547, Belle was a magister duodenorum (master of the choirboys) at the

Jan Belle (fl. 1545 – 1566) was a Flemish composer from the Franco-Flemish School and a music theorist. Live Between 1546 and 1547, Belle was a magister duodenorum (master of the choirboys) at the Holy Cross Church in Liège. He was referred to as “de Lovanium”, which indicates that he was originally from Leuven. He may also have been a Kapellmeister (succentor) at the Church of Our Lady in Sint-Truiden. No copies of the book have been preserved. References

Era
Renaissance
Lived
1522–present
From
Southern Netherlands (now Belgium)
Born in
Leuven
Known as
composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.