Johannes Pullois

John Pullois (also Pillays, Pilloys, Pylois, Pyloys, Pyllois, Puilloys, Puylloys, Puyllois ) ( * before 1430 in bottle at Antwerp; † August 23, 1478 ) was a Franco- Flemish composer and singer.

Life

John Pullois worked from 1443 to 1447 as a choral vicar and zangmeester at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. At this time there also sang Johannes Ockeghem and John Philibert.

After an unsuccessful application to the Burgundian court chapel of Philip the Good, he went to Rome, where he was a member of the Pontifical chapel was in December 1447. This institution he was a member until August 1468 and used the time to gather a surprising number of benefices in the dioceses of Tournai, Therouanne, Utrecht and Cambrai. On October 24, 1466 Pullois acted as procurator for the acquisition of a benefice for Johannes Ockeghem.

From 1468 to 1478 he was a canon of the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp. Two years before his death, he was even head of the chapter.

Works

Sacred Music

Secular Works

Appreciation

Pullois three-voice Missa sine nomine is one of the earliest continental cyclic measuring; it probably dates from the 1450s and shows very strong English influence. The other works probably date from a later period. Particularly well known is the motet Flos de spina, perhaps written in his Italian period, is clearly influenced by Johannes Ockeghem. The songs are of average quality and are characterized by frequent imitations. The largest part of his work is lost.