Surname
Braxatoris
Given Name
Jean
Active period
1422 - 1450
Workplace
Liège
Biography
PirroBN- Acta1056, 128v 5.6.1422: “Jo. Braxatoris de Breda, cler. Leod. dioc.”
Marix1939, p.250: Mention de Johannes Brevere, dit Brassatoire comme sommelier ds la liste de la chapelle de 1450 (B2004). Pas d’autre commentaire. La liste suivante 1451 contient “Jean Broucke”, puis celle de 1452 “Johannes nepveu de Constant. Marix distingue clairement “Brevere dit Brassatoire” de “Brouck / Brouwer…”. Elle signale ds la bio de ce dernier, p.205, qu’un Étienne de Bruwere fut recteur de l’église paroissiale de Bost (dioc. Cambrai), et qu’un chantre de St-Sauveur de Bruges portant le même nom est mentionné ds les cptes de la ville vers 1484 pour avoir composé des motets destinés à être joués par les ménestrels (Straeten, IV, p.99).
Grove2:Brassart [Brassar, Brassaert, Brasart, Brassant], Johannes
(b ?Lowaige [now Lauw], Belgium, c1400--05; d before 22 Oct 1455). South Netherlandish composer and singer. The fact that he celebrated his first mass as a priest in 1426 suggests a date of birth of about 1400--05, while the designation 'de Ludo' sometimes appended to his name is thought to indicate that he was born in the village of Lowaige in the province of Limburg. Throughout his career he had close ties with Liege, where he held benefices at several churches. His earliest and most important connections were with the church of St Jean l'Evangeliste (from c1422) and the cathedral of St Lambert (from 1428), at each of which he for a time held the post of succentor. His associations with both institutions continued into the 1430s, and several of his motets were apparently composed for them. He visited Rome in the mid-1420s, and in 1431 he was listed, with Du Fay, as a singer in the papal chapel; two years later he was admitted to the Council of Basle. It was probably in Basle that he met Emperor Sigismund and began his lengthy spell in imperial service (1434--43), during which he occupied the positions of rector capelle under Sigismund and cantor or rector principalis under his successors Albrecht II and Friedrich III. How continuous this service was is uncertain, but Brassart evidently maintained strong ties with his homeland. From 1442 he served in turn as canon and cantor at the church of Our Lady in Tongeren, but in 1445 apparently exchanged the latter post for that of canon at the collegiate church of St Paul in Liege. Brassart appears to have resided in Liege while continuing his association with Tongeren. A supplication to Pope Calixtus III for the benefice of St Paul confirms that he had died shortly before 22 October 1455.
Wegman BSCE
Brauwere, Nicasius de [Braxatoris]
fl. 1484-5. Succ.; composer. BrugesSD
StrohmB 86, 182.
Marix1939, p.250: Mention de Johannes Brevere, dit Brassatoire comme sommelier ds la liste de la chapelle de 1450 (B2004). Pas d’autre commentaire. La liste suivante 1451 contient “Jean Broucke”, puis celle de 1452 “Johannes nepveu de Constant. Marix distingue clairement “Brevere dit Brassatoire” de “Brouck / Brouwer…”. Elle signale ds la bio de ce dernier, p.205, qu’un Étienne de Bruwere fut recteur de l’église paroissiale de Bost (dioc. Cambrai), et qu’un chantre de St-Sauveur de Bruges portant le même nom est mentionné ds les cptes de la ville vers 1484 pour avoir composé des motets destinés à être joués par les ménestrels (Straeten, IV, p.99).
Grove2:Brassart [Brassar, Brassaert, Brasart, Brassant], Johannes
(b ?Lowaige [now Lauw], Belgium, c1400--05; d before 22 Oct 1455). South Netherlandish composer and singer. The fact that he celebrated his first mass as a priest in 1426 suggests a date of birth of about 1400--05, while the designation 'de Ludo' sometimes appended to his name is thought to indicate that he was born in the village of Lowaige in the province of Limburg. Throughout his career he had close ties with Liege, where he held benefices at several churches. His earliest and most important connections were with the church of St Jean l'Evangeliste (from c1422) and the cathedral of St Lambert (from 1428), at each of which he for a time held the post of succentor. His associations with both institutions continued into the 1430s, and several of his motets were apparently composed for them. He visited Rome in the mid-1420s, and in 1431 he was listed, with Du Fay, as a singer in the papal chapel; two years later he was admitted to the Council of Basle. It was probably in Basle that he met Emperor Sigismund and began his lengthy spell in imperial service (1434--43), during which he occupied the positions of rector capelle under Sigismund and cantor or rector principalis under his successors Albrecht II and Friedrich III. How continuous this service was is uncertain, but Brassart evidently maintained strong ties with his homeland. From 1442 he served in turn as canon and cantor at the church of Our Lady in Tongeren, but in 1445 apparently exchanged the latter post for that of canon at the collegiate church of St Paul in Liege. Brassart appears to have resided in Liege while continuing his association with Tongeren. A supplication to Pope Calixtus III for the benefice of St Paul confirms that he had died shortly before 22 October 1455.
Wegman BSCE
Brauwere, Nicasius de [Braxatoris]
fl. 1484-5. Succ.; composer. BrugesSD
StrohmB 86, 182.