Jean de Castro

Belgian composer

Jean de Castro (Liège, c. 1540 – 1611) was a composer from an area then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Although he has virtually been forgotten in the revival of renaissance music he was during his life second only to Lassus in his popularity according to the Antwerp printer-publisher Christophe Plantin.

Despite the Spanish-sounding name Castro was a local from Liège, referred to as "nostre Castro" by the poet Etienne de Walcourt. He worked in Antwerp in the 1570s and was maitre de chapelle to the Duke of Juliers, Liège, in 1580.

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Works

Anchor che col partire
Bonjour mon coeur
De peu de bien
Je suis tellement langoureux
Je te souhaite pour t’ebatre
La nuit m’est courte
La parque avait desjà
O vin en vigne
Quand au temple
Quand au temple nous serons
Quand je dors
Quand tu tournes tes yeux
Que dis-tu, que fais-tu, pensive tourterelle
Stirpis Ioannes Fiescorum, a 5
Una Strania Fenice