Salve Susato

Music Composed or Printed by Tielman Susato

The instrumentalist, composer, and publisher Tielman Susato (c. 1510/15 - after 1570) was one of the most illustrious figures in the musical life of Renaissance Antwerp. He founded the first music publishing house to use movable type in the Low Countries in 1543. Music printing had mainly been based in Italy, France, and Germany until Susato set up his press in Antwerp. He was one of the first to publish works by Orlando di Lasso, the most renowned composer of the late Renaissance.

Susato was also an accomplished composer who wrote and published several books of masses and motets in the typical imitative polyphonic style of the time. He was well connected in the highest circles of the city and the country, often dedicating his publications to prominent citizens or rulers.

The Utopia Ensemble here presents a florilegium of works composed and/or published by this dazzling figure of Renaissance vocal music.

Thomas Crecquillon (1505-1557) , Nicolas Gombert (1495-1560) , Josquin Desprez (1440-1521)

• Clemens: Een venus schoon
• Clemens: Si par trop boire
• Crecquillon: Je suis ayme
• Crecquillon: Mort m'a privé
• Josquin: Mille Regretz
• Josquin: Nymphes Des Bois
• Gombert: Triste depart m'avoit
• Lassus: Madonna mia pieta
• Lassus: Perch' io veggio
• Lecocq, J: Le bergier et la bergiere
• Manchicourt: Ave stella matutina
• Susato: Hoboecken dans
• Susato: Les miens aussi
• Susato: Missa In illo tempore
• Susato: Mon Amy
• Susato: Nil homini firmum est
• Susato: O wrede fortune
• Susato: Pavane: Mille Regretz
• Susato: Pere eternel
• Susato: Ronde
• Susato: Ronde V 'Wo bistu'
• Susato: Salve quae roseo
• Susato: Si de present peine j’endure