Jacob Obrecht (1450-1505), a Dutch composer, was one of the most important composers in the dominant Netherlandish tradition of the 15th century. Jacob Obrecht also spelled Hobrecht, was born on St. Cecilia's Day, 1450, in either Bergen op Zoom or...

The tendency to single out all-surpassing masters who soar above their commonplace contemporaries has not benefitted the composer Jacob Obrecht, who had the mixed luck of sharing at least part of a lifetime with the celebrated Josquin des Prez. A little acrostic for...

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, at either the ducal court of the ruling d'Este family at Ferrara or possibly at the local city hospital, the death occurred of the priest-composer Jacob Obrecht, then merely in his late forties. It is likely, but by no means...