1 - Kyrie eleison(Pentecôte), grégorian. Terry Wey as tenor 2 - Introitus puer natus est, Heinrich Isaac. Lorin Wey, soloist. Terry Wey, tenor Heinrich Isaac (also known as Ysaac, Ysaak, Henricus, Arrigo d'Ugo, and Arrigo il Tedesco Tedesco meaning "Flemish" or "German" in Italian) ( 1450- 1517) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, of south Netherlandish origin. He is regarded as one of the most significant contemporaries of Josquin des Prez, and had an especially large influence on the subsequent development of music in Germany. Isaac moved to Vienna in 1496. By November of that year, Isaac was in the employ of Emperor Maximilian I. Isaac was the court composer for Maximilian at his new chapel in Vienna April 3, 1497 He travelled widely in Germany, to Augsburg, Wels, Innsbruck, and Nuremberg, and is credited with having a big influence on German composers of the time. Isaac was a singer at Ss. Annunziata until 1493. In 1502, he returned to Italy, going to Florence and then Ferrara at the Este court of Ferrara, where he competed with Josquin for employment: a famous letter from the agent of the Este family compared the two composers, saying that "Isaac is of a better nature than Josquin, and while it is true that Josquin is a better composer, he only composes when he wants to, and not when asked; Isaac will compose when you want him to." In 1507 he was in Konstanz for the crowning of Maximilian as the Holy Roman Emperor and wrote two ceremonial motets for the <b>...</b>
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