George de La Hèle

Franco-Flemish composer

George de La Hèle (also Georges, Helle, Hele) (1547 – August 27, 1586) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries. Among his surviving music is a book of eight masses, some for as many as eight voices. While he was a prolific composer during his time in Spain, much of his music was destroyed in 1734 in the burning of the chapel library in Madrid.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Asperges me
  • Mais voyez mon cher esmoy
  • Missa "Quare tristis es"
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: I. Kyrie
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: II. Gloria
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: III. Credo
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: IV. Sanctus
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: V. Benedictus
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: VI. Agnus Dei I
  • Missa Praeter rerum seriem: VII. Agnus Dei II
  • Missa Quare tristis es: Agnus Dei
  • Missa Quare tristis es: Credo
  • Missa Quare tristis es: Gloria
  • Missa Quare tristis es: Kyrie
  • Missa Quare tristis es: Sanctus - Benedictus