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7 unusual facts about Alexander Agricola


Alexander Agricola

He was in Valladolid, Spain, in August 1506, where he died during an outbreak of the plague on 15 August of that year.

Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German Protestant reformer and humanist

Allez regrets

Cholji (ref. 1) lists five chanson settings, including those by Alexander Agricola and Loyset Compere, and five mass settings, including that by Josquin

De tous biens plaine

Amongst other reworkings are a four-part version by Josquin and two 3-part versions by Alexander Agricola.

Fors seulement

Many versions of the chanson were produced including those by Ockeghem, Josquin, Pipelare, Verbonnet, Obrecht, Pirson, Brumel and Agricola.

Fortuna desperata

Amongst the more well-known versions of the song are the 3-voice version by Busnois, its reworking for 6 voices by Alexander Agricola, a 3-part instrumental version possibly by Josquin, and a 3-voice version by Heinrich Isaac.

Tandernaken

Tandernaken was an international hit in the period between about 1430 and the 1540s as settings, preserved in Dutch, Italian, German and English sources, are listed by Franco-Flemish (or Dutch), German and English composers such as Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, King Henry VIII, Alexander Agricola, Paul Hofhaimer, Petrus Alamire, Ludwig Senfl and Erasmus Lapicida.



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