| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Tinctoris | Braine l’Alleud | 1435 ca. | Nivelles | 1511 | M | P0890 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela guitar guitarra | Cleric | Professional | Church | Composer of polyphony Polyphonist/Theorist Author - poet, playwright Composer (polyphony) Music theorist |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium, Napoli | 16cent/1/early | Lowcountries |
Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435 – 1511) was a Renaissance composer and music theorist from the Low Countries. He is known to have studied in Orléans, and to have been master of the choir there; he also may have been director of choirboys at Chartres. Because he was paid through the office of petites vicars at Cambrai Cathedral for four months in 1460, it has been speculated that he studied with Dufay, who spent the last part of his life there; certainly Tinctoris must at least have known the elder Burgundian there. Tinctoris went to Naples about 1472 and spent most of the rest of his life in Italy. (...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Tinctoris acc. 22/01/15
see also
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Tinctoris
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1487/ca | Johannes Tinctoris, De Inventione et Usu Musica. |
| 1474/ca | Johannes Tinctoris, Terminorum musicae diffinitorium. |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| baines1950 | Baines, Anthony. | “Fifteenth-century instruments in Tinctoris’ De Inventione et Usu Musicae.” Galpin Society Journal 3 (1950): 19-26. |