Gheerkin de Hondt
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Gheerkin de HondtGheerkin de Hondt (also Gerit, Gerrit, Gheerart, Gerryt de Hont (died 1547) was a Dutch composer of polyphonic songs.
Despite the enormous popularity of his songs, almost no biographical information survives beyond that he was choirmaster of the Marian brotherhood in 's-Hertogenbosch, and his 16 surviving complete works, many found in the songbook of Zeghere van Male, 1542, can fit on one CD.
Despite the enormous popularity of his songs, almost no biographical information survives beyond that he was choirmaster of the Marian brotherhood in 's-Hertogenbosch, and his 16 surviving complete works, many found in the songbook of Zeghere van Male, 1542, can fit on one CD.
Recordings
- Complete Works. Gheerkin de Hondt A portrait Egidius Kwartet, Etcetera. 2004
- Het was mij wel te vooren gheseijt. Two versions on Musica aldersoetste Konst Huelgas EnsembleHuelgas EnsembleThe Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on renaissance polyphony...
, dir. Paul Van NevelPaul Van NevelPaul Van Nevel is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out little known polyphonic medieval works to perform.He grew up in a musical...
. Belgian radio 1985; released Klara 2000.