Cornelius Canis

Aliases: Cornelis Canis; Cornelius Canisius; Cornilis de Hondt; Cornelis d'Hondt

Life

Born: about 1506

Died: 1562

Biography

Cornelius Canis was a Renaissance composer associated with the Imperial Chapel of Charles V. He succeeded Thomas Crecquillon as maître de chapelle in 1545, and was in turn succeeded by Nicolas Payen in 1556. Canis is a Latinisation of the Flemish name d'Hondt.

View the Wikipedia article on Cornelius Canis.

List of choral works

Sacred works

Angeli, archangeli, throni Audi filia Ave sanctissima Maria Castae parentis viscera Ceciliam intra cubiculum orante invenit Dixerunt impii

Dixit insipiens in corde suo Domine quis habitabit Ego dormivi Gloria tibi Trinitas O bone Jesu O regina caelorum

Quem dicunt homines Tota pulchra es Tota vita peregrinamur Venit lumen tuum Jerusalem Virgo gloriosa semper evangelium Christi

Secular works

Cueur prisonnier D'amours me plains Ung doulx ian ian En desirant Gens qui parlez Il estoit une fillette Il me suffit de tous mes maux Je suis aymé

Je suis content Mal et souscy Mamie a eut de dieu Mariez moy mon pere Par vous seulle Quant je suis Reconfortez Si iay de moy

Si j'avois l'heur Si par souffrir I Si par souffrir II Ta bonne grace Tous mes amis Trop endurer ce m'est

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

• O bone Jesu
• Tota vita peregrinamur
• Angeli, archangeli, throni
• Ego dormivi
• Domine quis habitabit
• Castae parentis viscera
• O regina caelorum
• Dixerunt impii
• Audi filia
• Dixit insipiens in corde suo
• Venit lumen tuum Jerusalem

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Publications

Canis was featured in the following anthologies:

• Cantiones selectissimae liber primus (ed. Sigmund Salminger) (Augsburg: Ulhart, 1548)
• Motetti del laberinto libro terzo (ed. Girolamo Scotto) (Venice: Scotto, 1554)

External links

Works by Cornelius Canis in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)