Isaac Lhéritier

fl. 1531-1547

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Biography

Capilla flamenca of emperor Charles V, 1531
"Isaac Lheritier, infans capellae" is listed on the roll of benefices in the Netherlands reserved by emperor Charles V for members of his court, drafted in Brussels on 30.9.1531. The benefice reserved for him was the parish church of Neer in the diocese of Liège, today Neer Aubel (Wessely 1991, p. 12, full edition of AT-OeSt/HHStA, Rotulus A nominationum per Carolum I imp. concessarum; summarized in Ferrer 2011, p. 95).

Chansons printed in Lyons, 1541-1547
Three chansons were printed with attributions to "Isaac Lheritier" by the Lyons publisher Jacques Moderne in 1541, 1543 and (as a lute intabulation by Francescho Bianchini) 1547 (Pogue 1969, p. 171, 179, 197, 334). The chanson published in 1543, O vos omnes, sets a bawdy bilingual poem playing with the text of a famous Holy Week responsory.

Nothing else is known about his career nor his possible links with the composer Jean Lhéritier or the singer Antoine Lhéritier, though a family link with the latter, who was an adult singer of the capilla flamenca at the time when Isaac served as a choirboy, is most probable.

Fiala David
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Information

  • Roles

    Choirboy
    Composer
    Member of a court chapel (musician)

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

4 in database

Musical position

Member of a court chapel (musician)
1531-09
Bruxelles (Belgium)


Patron: Charles V of Habsburg

Institution: Capilla Flamenca, Madrid (Spain)

Bibliography: Wessely 1991

Musical education

Choirboy
1531-09
Bruxelles (Belgium)


Patron: Charles V of Habsburg

Institution: Capilla Flamenca, Madrid (Spain)

Bibliography: Wessely 1991

Benefice

Member of a court chapel (musician)
1531-09
Neer Aubel (Belgium)


Patron: Charles V of Habsburg

Bibliography: Wessely 1991

Musical source

Composer
1541/1547
Lyon (France)


Bibliography: Pogue 1969

Associated works

2 in database

  • De long travail heureuse recompence Composer
  • O vos omnes par trop aventureulx Composer
  • De long travail heureuse recompence Composer
  • O vos omnes par trop aventureulx Composer

Variant names

Lerethier ; L’Héritier

Associated people

Antoine Lhéritier (Unknow but probable family connection)

Antoine Lhéritier [Bourges] 2 (Unknow but possible family connection)

Jean Lhéritier (Unknow but possible family connection)

Bibliography

[Ferer 2012]

Ferer, M. T., 2012, Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion, Woodbridge http://www.sudoc.fr/161529887.
(p. 95)

[Pogue 1969]

Pogue, S. F., 1969, Jacques Moderne: Lyons music printer of the sixteenth century, Genève.

[Wessely 1991]

Wessely, O., 1991, Hofkapellmitglieder Und Andere Musiker in Zwei Preces-Registern Karls V., Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, 40, p. 7‑14 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41467025 (consulté le 3 novembre 2025).
(p. 12)

Archival references

[AT-OeSt/HHStA]

S. d., Österreichische Staatsarchiv. Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Wien https://www.statearchives.gv.at/tasks-and-organisation/haus-hof-und-staatsarchiv-information-in-brief.html (consulté le 3 novembre 2025).

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David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

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Fiala David, Isaac Lhéritier, in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/3641/] (accessed 26 November 2025).

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