Guilielmus Messaus
Composer
1589 – 1640
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Who was Guilielmus Messaus?
Guilielmus Messaus was a Flemish composer who was born and died in Antwerp.
Messaus composed at least 14 masses, 57 motets, Dutch hymns, a canon and 3 secular songs in English. He is now remembered mostly as a very productive musical arranger of cantiones natalitiae, which were very popular in the Low Countries.
From before 1620 he was choir-master at St Walburgis, a post he held until his death.
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