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Heinrich Isaac

1450 - 1517

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Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish composer of south Netherlandish origin during the Renaissance era. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. A significant contemporary of Josquin des Prez, Isaac influenced the development of music in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Isaac is the 329th most popular composer (up from 332nd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 168th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Composer.

Heinrich Isaac was a composer and organist in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He is most famous for his compositions of chorale preludes.

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Among composers, Heinrich Isaac ranks 329 out of 1,451. Before him are Alberto Ginastera, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Alan Silvestri, André Campra, and Aaron Copland. After him are Maria Szymanowska, Julius Fučík, Bernard Herrmann, Keith Emerson, Luca Marenzio, and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.

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Among people born in 1450, Heinrich Isaac ranks 18. Before him are Gerard David, Diogo Dias, Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, Marko Marulić, and Veit Stoss. After him are Sikandar Lodi, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Piero Soderini, Juan de Flandes, and Francesco Francia. Among people deceased in 1517, Heinrich Isaac ranks 10. Before him are Catherine of Navarre, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Dayan Khan, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Gioffre Borgia. After him are Cima da Conegliano, Tuman bay II, Sikandar Lodi, Francesco Francia, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, and Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Heinrich Isaac ranks 162 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri Michaux (1899), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Marc Dutroux (1956), André Franquin (1924), and Blanche of Namur (1320). After him are John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Jan Matsys (1509), Laura Marx (1845), Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Abraham Brueghel (1631).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Heinrich Isaac ranks 14. Before him are Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Cipriano de Rore (1515). After him are Alexander Agricola (1446), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), and Philippe Herreweghe (1947).

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