Nicolaes Craen

Aliases: Nicolaus, Nicholas

Life

Born: c. 1445, Brugge?

Died: March 29, 1507

Biography

Only three or four pieces by this composer are believed to survive; these pieces may have been written for instruments. Craen served as Singing master at the Confraternity of the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady in 's-Hertogenbosch, of which Hieronymus Bosch was also a member.

View the French Wikipedia article on Nicolaes Craen. (English translation by Google)

List of choral works

• Ave Maria
• Si ascendero in cælum
• Tota pulchra es

• Ave Maria
• Ecce video celos apertos a 3
• Mins lefkins pruijn oghen a 4
• Sancta Trinitas unus Deus a 4, attr. uncertain--attributed to Antoine de Févin in Royal 8 G. vii
• Salve Regina
• Tota pulchra es a 4, from the Capirola Lutebook

 
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External links

• Saul B. Groen, The Early Renaissance 1420-1490, Secular Music
• Saul B. Groen, The Early Renaissance 1420-1490, Sacred Music
• Tota Pulchra Es, from the Capirola Lutebook, appears here in lute tablature, and has been recorded arranged for voices by The Binchois Consort