Pierre Phalèse the Elder

Phalèse Pierre ( Peter also Phalesius or van der Phaliesen; * 1510, † 1573 in Leuven ) was a Flemish music publisher and engraver. He lived in the temporal transition between the Burgundian Netherlands and the Spanish Netherlands.

Life

The son of the brewer Augustin vander Phaliesen founded in 1541 in Leuven, a university bookstore. 1552, he received the privilege to print notes, this was the birth of the music publisher. From 1572 he worked with Jean BELLERE together ( Jan also Bellerus ) in Antwerp and was primarily masses, motets and Magnificat, as well as French, Dutch and Italian songs out. He put this pieces, among others of Cyprian de Rore, Orlando di Lasso and Clemens non Papa together. He also gave Selectissima ... In Guiterna Ludenda Carmina a book to learn the sounds game for amateurs out, and the collection of Hortus Cytharae for cittern.

His son, Pierre Phalèse the Younger (1550-1629), the business moved to Antwerp in 1581, and Madeleine Phalèse ( 1586-1652 ), the daughter of Phalèse the Younger, ran the business until her death 1669th

Werkausgaben

• Hortus Musarum ( 1552)
• Luculentum Theatrum Musicum (1568)
• Selectissima Elegantissimaque Guiterna Carmina ( 1570)
• Hortus Cytharae ( 1570)
• Leuven Dance Book of Pierre Phalese (1571 )
• Antwerp Dance Book ( Chorearum Molliorum Collectanea, 1583 )