1antimuzak
Sunday 1st October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Guillaume de Machaut.
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, both composer and poet in 1300s France, in conversation with Machaut experts Elizabeth Eva Leach and Uri Smilansky.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Guillaume de Machaut.
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, both composer and poet in 1300s France, in conversation with Machaut experts Elizabeth Eva Leach and Uri Smilansky.
2antimuzak
Sunday 8th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Byrd Is the Word.
Hannah French presents from the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with the Ex Corde vocal ensemble performing sacred and secular music by William Byrd, with particular focus on his use of text.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Byrd Is the Word.
Hannah French presents from the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with the Ex Corde vocal ensemble performing sacred and secular music by William Byrd, with particular focus on his use of text.
3antimuzak
Sunday 15th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Fifty Years of the Academy of Ancient Music.
The Academy of Ancient Music celebrates 50 years since harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland cooked up the idea of forming a historically-informed orchestra one evening in London's Marquis of Granby pub. Since then, they have produced hundreds of recordings, launched the careers of many international soloists and brought fantastic period performances of Baroque and Classical music to the public's attention. Hannah French takes the opportunity to chat to current music director Laurence Cummings and CEO John McMunn about the group's first 50 years and the impact they have made.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Fifty Years of the Academy of Ancient Music.
The Academy of Ancient Music celebrates 50 years since harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland cooked up the idea of forming a historically-informed orchestra one evening in London's Marquis of Granby pub. Since then, they have produced hundreds of recordings, launched the careers of many international soloists and brought fantastic period performances of Baroque and Classical music to the public's attention. Hannah French takes the opportunity to chat to current music director Laurence Cummings and CEO John McMunn about the group's first 50 years and the impact they have made.
4antimuzak
Sunday 29th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
The Tallis Scholars at 50.
Hannah French marks the 50th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars, with founder Peter Phillips and two of the group's singers joining her to choose highlights from the past five decades of recording and giving concerts at home and abroad.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
The Tallis Scholars at 50.
Hannah French marks the 50th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars, with founder Peter Phillips and two of the group's singers joining her to choose highlights from the past five decades of recording and giving concerts at home and abroad.
5antimuzak
Sunday 24th December 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music for Christmas Eve.
From her home in north London, Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols, and Renaissance and Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Manfredini, Byrd, Manchicourt and Handel. Join Hannah in the French kitchen as she also tucks into some yuletide treats.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music for Christmas Eve.
From her home in north London, Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols, and Renaissance and Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Manfredini, Byrd, Manchicourt and Handel. Join Hannah in the French kitchen as she also tucks into some yuletide treats.
6antimuzak
Sunday 7th January 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Lassus & Wine (Part 2).
Orlando Lassus wrote a staggering number of pieces about wine, covering all genres from sacred to secular and everything in between. They tell us much about life, trade, and feasting in Munich in the second half of the 16th century, but also show that Lassus was quite the wine connoisseur: not only in drinking the best wines across Europe, but even his knowledge of wine production. For this second of two programmes, Hannah French is joined down the line from New York by wine historian and musicologist Ron Merlino to explore the music of Lassus while tasting some of the types of wine he encountered at the Court of Duke Albrecht V in Munich. In this programme, Ron has chosen four types of wine thought to have been known to Lassus - two red wines and two sweet wines: a Cabernet Franc from Anjou in the Loire Valley, France a Falernian (made from Aglianico grapes) from Campania, Italy, a sweet Malvasia from Sicily, and a sweet Rust wine from Austria.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Lassus & Wine (Part 2).
Orlando Lassus wrote a staggering number of pieces about wine, covering all genres from sacred to secular and everything in between. They tell us much about life, trade, and feasting in Munich in the second half of the 16th century, but also show that Lassus was quite the wine connoisseur: not only in drinking the best wines across Europe, but even his knowledge of wine production. For this second of two programmes, Hannah French is joined down the line from New York by wine historian and musicologist Ron Merlino to explore the music of Lassus while tasting some of the types of wine he encountered at the Court of Duke Albrecht V in Munich. In this programme, Ron has chosen four types of wine thought to have been known to Lassus - two red wines and two sweet wines: a Cabernet Franc from Anjou in the Loire Valley, France a Falernian (made from Aglianico grapes) from Campania, Italy, a sweet Malvasia from Sicily, and a sweet Rust wine from Austria.
7antimuzak
Sunday 21st January 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Thomas Tomkins.
Lucie Skeaping celebrates composer Thomas Tomkins, who studied with William Byrd, was choirmaster at Worcester Cathedral and organist at the Chapel Royal. Born in 1572, his life spanned the end of the Tudor period, the beginning of the reign of the Stuarts and the execution of Charles I to whom he dedicated his Sad Pavan: for these distracted times. His music is still performed regularly in cathedrals, in particular his anthem When David Heard.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Thomas Tomkins.
Lucie Skeaping celebrates composer Thomas Tomkins, who studied with William Byrd, was choirmaster at Worcester Cathedral and organist at the Chapel Royal. Born in 1572, his life spanned the end of the Tudor period, the beginning of the reign of the Stuarts and the execution of Charles I to whom he dedicated his Sad Pavan: for these distracted times. His music is still performed regularly in cathedrals, in particular his anthem When David Heard.
8antimuzak
Sunday 25th February 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century.
Hannah French is joined by conductor and musicologist Dr John Andrews to explore opera in England from Purcell up to the arrival of Handel. Politics and music go very much hand in hand, it seems... This period of English music has often been described as a barren landscape, but as John Andrews himself says: 'The idea that English music was dormant between Purcell and Elgar is as ludicrous as our tendency to forget the brilliance of English literature between Shakespeare and Austen'.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century.
Hannah French is joined by conductor and musicologist Dr John Andrews to explore opera in England from Purcell up to the arrival of Handel. Politics and music go very much hand in hand, it seems... This period of English music has often been described as a barren landscape, but as John Andrews himself says: 'The idea that English music was dormant between Purcell and Elgar is as ludicrous as our tendency to forget the brilliance of English literature between Shakespeare and Austen'.
9antimuzak
Sunday 24th March 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Bach's St John Passion at 300.
Three hundred years on from its first performance, Hannah French explores Johann Sebastian Bach's masterful St John Passion, one of the most dramatic and ambitious pieces of religious music ever written. It was the crowning glory of Bach's first year in the leading musical job in Leipzig, music that shattered the enforced silence of Lent in the town and brought the story of Jesus's arrest, trail and execution to life in a way no music had ever done before. Considering the piece within its original context, Hannah examines the role it played in the Good Friday Vespers service at St Nicholas's Church in Leipzig, and how it connected musically and theologically with the thousands of worshippers there in 1724. She also places the music in the context of Bach's faith, family, job and employers. Was Bach breaking the terms of his contract when he created such a powerful (and lengthy) piece? Did his eldest son, 13-year-old Wilhelm Friedemann, sing a solo? What relationship did Bach's second wife Anna Magdalene, a professional singer over 15 years his junior, have with this music?
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Bach's St John Passion at 300.
Three hundred years on from its first performance, Hannah French explores Johann Sebastian Bach's masterful St John Passion, one of the most dramatic and ambitious pieces of religious music ever written. It was the crowning glory of Bach's first year in the leading musical job in Leipzig, music that shattered the enforced silence of Lent in the town and brought the story of Jesus's arrest, trail and execution to life in a way no music had ever done before. Considering the piece within its original context, Hannah examines the role it played in the Good Friday Vespers service at St Nicholas's Church in Leipzig, and how it connected musically and theologically with the thousands of worshippers there in 1724. She also places the music in the context of Bach's faith, family, job and employers. Was Bach breaking the terms of his contract when he created such a powerful (and lengthy) piece? Did his eldest son, 13-year-old Wilhelm Friedemann, sing a solo? What relationship did Bach's second wife Anna Magdalene, a professional singer over 15 years his junior, have with this music?
10antimuzak
Sunday 14th April 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
John Wilbye.
Hannah French marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Wilbye, the most famous of the English madrigalists. Wilbye's fame rests almost entirely on the 64 works contained in two books of madrigals, which were published in 1598 and 1608.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
John Wilbye.
Hannah French marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Wilbye, the most famous of the English madrigalists. Wilbye's fame rests almost entirely on the 64 works contained in two books of madrigals, which were published in 1598 and 1608.
11antimuzak
Sunday 30th June 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Rise and Fall of JB Lully.
Hannah French and musicologists Suzanne Aspden and Berta Joncus explore the life and music of Jean-Baptiste Lully, favourite of French king Louis XIV. Lully was an Italian violinist, guitarist and dancer, who caught the eye of the young king when they danced together in a ballet in 1653. Before long, he became an indispensable part of the Paris and Versailles music scenes, entertaining the royal family for the next 30 years and earning a very good salary from doing so. Lully was bisexual, and for many years his relationships with both men and women were never questioned, but in 1683 the king's secret marriage to Madame de Maintenon changed everything. Devotion came to the fore at court and the king's enthusiasm for opera dissipated, becoming increasingly annoyed by what he now considered Lully's dissolute lifestyle, and everything began to unravel.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Rise and Fall of JB Lully.
Hannah French and musicologists Suzanne Aspden and Berta Joncus explore the life and music of Jean-Baptiste Lully, favourite of French king Louis XIV. Lully was an Italian violinist, guitarist and dancer, who caught the eye of the young king when they danced together in a ballet in 1653. Before long, he became an indispensable part of the Paris and Versailles music scenes, entertaining the royal family for the next 30 years and earning a very good salary from doing so. Lully was bisexual, and for many years his relationships with both men and women were never questioned, but in 1683 the king's secret marriage to Madame de Maintenon changed everything. Devotion came to the fore at court and the king's enthusiasm for opera dissipated, becoming increasingly annoyed by what he now considered Lully's dissolute lifestyle, and everything began to unravel.
12antimuzak
Sunday 1st September 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 19:30 (1 hour long)
Bach to School.
Hannah French explores JS Bach's role as a teacher at St Thomas Church in Leipzig, which had a very specific set of rules to be followed by both students and staff.
Time: 18:30 to 19:30 (1 hour long)
Bach to School.
Hannah French explores JS Bach's role as a teacher at St Thomas Church in Leipzig, which had a very specific set of rules to be followed by both students and staff.
13antimuzak
Sunday 20th October 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Albinoni.
Ana Her celebrates the life and work of Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni, known for his operas and instrumental music. t is thought that Albinoni wrote at least 50 operas, although few of them survive, while his oboe concertos were the first of their type by an Italian composer to be published. His instrumental music was admired by Bach, who wrote fugues based on Albinoni's works and also used them in his teaching.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Albinoni.
Ana Her celebrates the life and work of Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni, known for his operas and instrumental music. t is thought that Albinoni wrote at least 50 operas, although few of them survive, while his oboe concertos were the first of their type by an Italian composer to be published. His instrumental music was admired by Bach, who wrote fugues based on Albinoni's works and also used them in his teaching.
14antimuzak
Sunday 16th February 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Winter.
In the first of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F minor, RV297 - better known as Winter. From the trembling, teeth-chattering cold of the first movement to the fireside warmth of the second and the slippery ice and chill winds of the last, in this concerto Vivaldi vividly depicts the harsh brutality of the Venetian winter. Hannah considers the context and inspirations for the music, and shares other early music influenced by the season of frost and darkness. She talks to violinist Daniel Pioro, whose new recording of The Four Seasons couples Vivaldi's music with new poetry by Michael Morpurgo, about what Vivaldi's Winter means to him.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Winter.
In the first of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F minor, RV297 - better known as Winter. From the trembling, teeth-chattering cold of the first movement to the fireside warmth of the second and the slippery ice and chill winds of the last, in this concerto Vivaldi vividly depicts the harsh brutality of the Venetian winter. Hannah considers the context and inspirations for the music, and shares other early music influenced by the season of frost and darkness. She talks to violinist Daniel Pioro, whose new recording of The Four Seasons couples Vivaldi's music with new poetry by Michael Morpurgo, about what Vivaldi's Winter means to him.
15antimuzak
Sunday 9th March 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Palestrina 500.
Hannah French is joined by members of Stile Antico to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Born in the hill town of Palestrina near Rome, Giovanni Pierluigi is considered one of the finest composers of music for the church. His surviving output is prolific, consisting of over 100 settings of the Mass in Latin, and more than 250 motets.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Palestrina 500.
Hannah French is joined by members of Stile Antico to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Born in the hill town of Palestrina near Rome, Giovanni Pierluigi is considered one of the finest composers of music for the church. His surviving output is prolific, consisting of over 100 settings of the Mass in Latin, and more than 250 motets.
16antimuzak
Sunday 16th March 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Tielman Susato: composer, caligrapher, printer, pioneer.
Hannah French delves into the life and music of the Flemish composer and publisher Tielman Susato, who was active in Antwerp in the mid 16th-century. Susato initially worked as a calligrapher, but was also employed as a trumpter, flautist and piper, and in 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He was also an accomplished composer and published several books of his own masses and motets as well as a vast array of instrumental music, especially dances, which remain popular to this day.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Tielman Susato: composer, caligrapher, printer, pioneer.
Hannah French delves into the life and music of the Flemish composer and publisher Tielman Susato, who was active in Antwerp in the mid 16th-century. Susato initially worked as a calligrapher, but was also employed as a trumpter, flautist and piper, and in 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He was also an accomplished composer and published several books of his own masses and motets as well as a vast array of instrumental music, especially dances, which remain popular to this day.
17antimuzak
Sunday 20th April 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Brockes Passion.
Hannah French explores Brockes Passion, the 1712 libretto by Barthold Brockes that changed the landscape of Protestant Passions, tracing its performance history through the first half of the 18th century, with music by Handel, Telemann, Reinhard Keiser, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Jacob Schuback and Johann Friedrich Fasch.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Brockes Passion.
Hannah French explores Brockes Passion, the 1712 libretto by Barthold Brockes that changed the landscape of Protestant Passions, tracing its performance history through the first half of the 18th century, with music by Handel, Telemann, Reinhard Keiser, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Jacob Schuback and Johann Friedrich Fasch.
18antimuzak
Sunday 1st June 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Orlando Gibbons.
In the 400th year since the death of the English madrigalist and keyboard master Orlando Gibbons, Hannah French explores the composer's life and music, from his Oxford childhood to royal favour under Charles I.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Orlando Gibbons.
In the 400th year since the death of the English madrigalist and keyboard master Orlando Gibbons, Hannah French explores the composer's life and music, from his Oxford childhood to royal favour under Charles I.
19antimuzak
Sunday 29th June 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Summer.
In the third of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in G minor, better known as Summer. In its combination of oppressive heat and violent storms, Vivaldi's concerto and the sonnet that accompanies it focus on the hardships of an Italian summer: a harsh musical depiction of tempests and high temperatures. Recorder player and London International Festival of Early Music artistic director Erik Bosgraaf chats to Hannah about the challenges of playing The Four Seasons on a wind instrument.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Summer.
In the third of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in G minor, better known as Summer. In its combination of oppressive heat and violent storms, Vivaldi's concerto and the sonnet that accompanies it focus on the hardships of an Italian summer: a harsh musical depiction of tempests and high temperatures. Recorder player and London International Festival of Early Music artistic director Erik Bosgraaf chats to Hannah about the challenges of playing The Four Seasons on a wind instrument.
20antimuzak
Sunday 5th October 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Autumn.
In the last of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F, better known as Autumn. Vivaldi's musical depiction of autumn and the sonnet that accompanies it are all about celebrating the good times of harvest and hunting, and warn of the after effects of over-indulgence at the festivities. As part of her exploration of the music and its themes, Hannah talks to Amandine Beyer, violinist and director of the internationally acclaimed early music group Gli Incogniti, about the concerto and working with choreographers to create a danced version of The Four Seasons.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
The Four Seasons: Autumn.
In the last of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F, better known as Autumn. Vivaldi's musical depiction of autumn and the sonnet that accompanies it are all about celebrating the good times of harvest and hunting, and warn of the after effects of over-indulgence at the festivities. As part of her exploration of the music and its themes, Hannah talks to Amandine Beyer, violinist and director of the internationally acclaimed early music group Gli Incogniti, about the concerto and working with choreographers to create a danced version of The Four Seasons.
21antimuzak
Sunday 19th October 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Palestrina Rediscovered.
Hannah French is joined by conductor Graham Ross to explore some modern rediscoveries of Palestrina's music, 500 years after the composer's birth. In recent years, Graham has conducted a number of first recordings of Palestrina's works, including the Missa Sine nomine with the Bevan Family Consort, and more recently, the Missa Emendemus in melius with the choir of Clare College Cambridge. Hannah and Graham also discuss how Palestrina can be placed in a historical context by hearing his music alongside works by some of the composer's English contemporaries, including Mundy and Byrd.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Palestrina Rediscovered.
Hannah French is joined by conductor Graham Ross to explore some modern rediscoveries of Palestrina's music, 500 years after the composer's birth. In recent years, Graham has conducted a number of first recordings of Palestrina's works, including the Missa Sine nomine with the Bevan Family Consort, and more recently, the Missa Emendemus in melius with the choir of Clare College Cambridge. Hannah and Graham also discuss how Palestrina can be placed in a historical context by hearing his music alongside works by some of the composer's English contemporaries, including Mundy and Byrd.
22antimuzak
Sunday 2nd November 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Portuguese Polyphony.
An exploration and journey into the glories of Renaissance Portuguese polyphony, with works by Estevão Lopes Morago, Francisco Garro and Pedro de Cristo. This week, the guides to this music are Os Cupertinos, the Braga-based choir who are exponents of this music.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Portuguese Polyphony.
An exploration and journey into the glories of Renaissance Portuguese polyphony, with works by Estevão Lopes Morago, Francisco Garro and Pedro de Cristo. This week, the guides to this music are Os Cupertinos, the Braga-based choir who are exponents of this music.
23antimuzak
Sunday 22nd February 2026 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Dowland in Denmark.
To mark the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death, Hannah French explores the years the composer spent working in the royal court of Christian IV of Denmark from 1598 to 1606, during which he published two books of songs and his famous Lachrimae collection.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Dowland in Denmark.
To mark the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death, Hannah French explores the years the composer spent working in the royal court of Christian IV of Denmark from 1598 to 1606, during which he published two books of songs and his famous Lachrimae collection.
24antimuzak
Sunday 15th March 2026 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music Today.
Hannah French celebrates 40 years of the ensemble Giardino Armonico, marks the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death and finds out about some recent detective work surrounding the composer Denis Delair. She also looks ahead to festivals and events in Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as exploring a selection of new recordings.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music Today.
Hannah French celebrates 40 years of the ensemble Giardino Armonico, marks the 400th anniversary of John Dowland's death and finds out about some recent detective work surrounding the composer Denis Delair. She also looks ahead to festivals and events in Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as exploring a selection of new recordings.
25antimuzak
Sunday 10th May 2026 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Tielman Susato: Composer, Calligrapher, Printer, Pioneer.
Hannah French delves into the life and music of the Flemish composer and publisher Tielman Susato, who was active in Antwerp in the mid 16th-century. Susato initially worked as a calligrapher, but was also employed as a trumpter, flautist and piper, and in 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He was also an accomplished composer and published several books of his own masses and motets as well as a vast array of instrumental music, especially dances, which remain popular to this day.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
Tielman Susato: Composer, Calligrapher, Printer, Pioneer.
Hannah French delves into the life and music of the Flemish composer and publisher Tielman Susato, who was active in Antwerp in the mid 16th-century. Susato initially worked as a calligrapher, but was also employed as a trumpter, flautist and piper, and in 1543, he founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He was also an accomplished composer and published several books of his own masses and motets as well as a vast array of instrumental music, especially dances, which remain popular to this day.
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