Pierre de la Rue

• Genres: Chamber Music, Choral Music, Vocal Music

Biography

While the period in which he lived was dominated by Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de la Rue (ca. 1452-1518) was one of the greatest composers of the early to middle Renaissance. La Rue began his career in the low countries, but his prominence began in 1489 as a singer and composer employee in the chapel of Burgundian King Philip the Fair. Even after Philip's death, various nobles within the Habsburg line kept him working, and Margaret of Austria commissioned at least three large manuscript volumes of la Rue's music, which today serve as the main sources for it. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis , Rovi