Johannes de Platea

fl. 1468-1480

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Biography

Collegiate church of Saint-Donatian in Bruges, 1468
He was one of the four clerici singers of the church who left on 26.4.1468 to join the chapel of the bishop of Liège (Strohm 1985, p. 27 and 157).

Chapel of Louis de Bourbon, bishop of Liège, 1468
This employment is only known from the mention in the Bruges archives (ibid.).

Court chapel of the king of Naples, 1480
Member of Ferdinand of Aragon's court chapel recorded on a list of cloths given to the "21 singers of the chapel of the lord king" (though only listing 20 persons), drawn up in Naples in October 1480, his name ("A Joan de Platea") appears as 4th of the list (Atlas 1979, p. 46-47 and 93; D'Agostino 2007, p. 160; list first and fully published and commented by Van der Straeten 1888, IV, p. 27-31: "Ad XXI canturi de la cappella del signor re infrascripti per loro vestire a ciascuno l'infrascripti panni a di[…] dicto [27.10.1480]").

Fiala David

Information

  • Roles

    Member of a church (musician)
    Member of a court chapel (musician)
    Member of a princely/private household

  • Gender

    Male

Events

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3 in database

Musical position

Member of a church (musician)
before 1468-04
Brugge (Belgium)


Institution: Sint-Donaaskerk in Brugge, Brugge (Belgium)

Bibliography: Strohm 1985

Musical position

Member of a princely/private household
after 1468-04
Liège (Belgium)


Patron: Louis of Bourbon (Prince-Bishop of Liège)

Institution: Chapelle de l'évêque de Liège, Liège (Belgium)

Bibliography: Strohm 1985

Musical position

Member of a court chapel (musician)
1480
Napoli (Italy)


Patron: Ferdinand I of Naples

Institution: Cappella reale di Napoli, Napoli (Italy)

Variant names

de La Place ; Joan de Platea

Associated people

Nicaise de La Place [de Platea] (Unknow but possible family connection)

Bibliography

[Atlas 1985]

Atlas, A. W., 1985, Music at the Aragonese court of Naples, Cambridge ; New York http://www.sudoc.fr/045410518.
(46, 94)

[D'agostino 2007]

D’Agostino, G., 2007, La musica, la cappella e il cerimoniale alla corte aragonese di Napoli, dans F. Piperno, G. B. Ravenni et A. Chegai (éd.), Cappelle musicali fra Corte, stato e Chiesa nell’italia del Rinascimento. Atti del Convegno internazionale. Camaiore, 21-23 ottobre 2005, Firenze, p. 153‑180 https://www.academia.edu/23647239/HISTORIAE_MUSICAE_CULTORES_CVIII_Diretta_da_A_cura_di.

[Strohm 1985] <div class="csl-bib-body" style="line-height: 1.35; "> <div class="csl-entry"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Strohm, R.</span>, 1985, <i>Music in late medieval Bruges</i>, Oxford <a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/83023966">http://lccn.loc.gov/83023966</a> (consult&#xE9; le 22 janvier 2013).</div> </div>

[Van der Straeten 1888]

Straeten, E. vander, 1867, La musique aux Pays-Bas avant le XIX° siècle : documents inédits et annotés, Bruxelles http://www.sudoc.fr/052318443.

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David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

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