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Pierre de la Rue

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Franco-Flemish Renaissance singer, composer

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Within Vinony's link graph, Pierre de la Rue is referenced by 212 other articles, and connects out to Jacob Clemens non Papa, France and Italy.

Vinony files it under 1450s births, 1518 deaths and 15th-century Franco-Flemish composers.

Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Died
1518
Works
5

Top works

  • The masses for five and six voices by Pierre de La Rue
  • The lamentations of Jeremiah
  • O salutaris

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18,083
Total plays
110,258

Tags

renaissanceearly musicClassicalsacred musicfranco-flemish

Pierre de La Rue (c.1452 – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A member of the same generation as Josquin Desprez, he ranks with Alexander Agricola, Antoine Brumel, Loyset Compère, Heinrich Isaac, Jacob Obrecht and Gaspar van Weerbeke as one of the most famous and influential exponents of the Netherlands polyphonic style in the decades around 1500. He was probably born at Tournai, in modern Belgium, and likely educated at the Notre-Dame Cathedral there, which had

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pierre
Gender
male
Place of birth
Tournai
Place of death
Kortrijk
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
Dutch
Native language
Dutch
Image
Pierre de la Rue.jpg
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Commons category
Pierre de La Rue
date of birth
1460-01-01
date of death
1518-11-20
name in native language
Pierre de la Rue
Commons Creator page
Pierre de la Rue
Sources (1)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Pierre de la Rue, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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