Brassart, Johannes b. 1400 d. October, 1455 Composer. An influential member of the Burgundian School of Renaissance music. Born in Lowaige, Flanders (now Belgium), he was ordained a priest in Liege in 1422. In 1431 he was employed as a Papal Singer in Rome, where he met composer Guillaume Dufay; his best known compositions, the motets "O flors fragrans" and "Te dignitas presularis", were probably written during this period. From 1434 to 1443 he served Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and later Empress Elisabeth as Rector of the Royal...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cathedral of Saint-Paul, Liege, Liege, Belgium
b. 1400 d. October, 1455