Robertus de Anglia

fl. 1454-1474

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Biography

He is mentionned as a witness to a deed of the Este family in 1454, in which he is called the son of "Petrus Suchar", probably a corrupt form of the name. He went to Ferrara Cathedral in September 1460 to instruct the vicars in singing, and was still there a year later, perhaps staying until 1467, when he was appointed as Magister cantus of S. Petronio, Bologna. He remained there until October 1474, "when he returned to England" (D. Fallows in Grove Online "De Anglia, Robertus").

Two songs with Italian texts are attributed to him in the Porto chansonnier (P-Pm 714, dated c. 1460). He might be a relative of Galfridus de Anglia, only known by the attribution of two other songs included in the same chansonnier.

Fiala David
See also:

Grove Online

Information

  • Roles

    Choirmaster
    Composer
    Member of a princely/private household
    Singing teacher

  • Gender

    Male

Events

(YYYY-MM-DD)

3 in database

Geographical origins

England (United Kingdom)

Official event

Member of a princely/private household
1454
Ferrara (Italy)


Bibliography: Fallows 1981

Comments: Witness of a "deed of the Este family"

Musical position

Singing teacher
1460-09/1467
Ferrara (Italy)


Institution: Cattedrale di San Giorgio di Ferrara, Ferrara (Italy)

Bibliography: Fallows 1981

Comments: At least 1460-1461, but perhaps until 1467. Ferrara Cathedral in September 1460 to instruct the vicars in singing, and was still there a year later, perhaps staying until 1467

Musical position

Choirmaster
1467/1474
Bologna (Italy)


Institution: San Petronio di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)

Variant names

No variant.

Associated people

Galfridus de Anglia (Unknow but possible family connection)

Bibliography

[Fallows 1981]

Fallows, D., 1981, Robertus de Anglia and the Oporto Song Collection, dans I. Bent (éd.), Source Materials and the Interpretation of Music: a Memorial Volume to Thurston Dart, London, p. 99‑128 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781003557005-3/robertus-de-anglia-oporto-song-collection-david-fallows.

[Lockwood 1984]

Lockwood, L., 1984, Music in Renaissance Ferrara, 1400-1505 : the creation of a musical center in the fifteenth century, New York; Oxford http://www.sudoc.fr/139243534.
(pp. 109-118)

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David Fiala - Project manager ; Biography author

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