Heinrich Finck, a German Renaissance composer, is not as widely recognized as his Franco-Flemish contemporaries, with references to him mainly limited to Germany.
Compositional Technique
Heinrich Finck's Missa super Ave praeclara achieves cyclical unity by basing each Mass unit on a different stanza of the 'Ave praeclara' sequence and linking them with a recurring opening motive.
Performer Biography
The Josquin Capella, an ensemble focused on High Renaissance masters, was founded in 1994 by students from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and singers from Cologne.
Performer Biography
Meinolf Brüser, the director of Josquin Capella, initially studied law before pursuing church music and early music studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Composition History
Heinrich Finck's seven-part antiphon Veni sancte spiritus may have been composed for the wedding of Duke Ulrich and Sabine von Bayern in Stuttgart in March 1511, as its text alludes to marriage.
Composer Biography
Heinrich Finck's birth year is estimated from a commemorative medal struck by King Ferdinand I of Bohemia and Hungary, which states he died in 1527 at the age of 83.
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