Loyset Compère (Composer)
Born: c. 1445, Belguim
Died: 16th August 1518, Saint-Quentin, France
Nationality: Franco-Flemish
Loyset Compère was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.
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