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Jacob Clemens non Papa

1510 - 1555

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Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) (c. 1510 to 1515 – 1555 or 1556) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and was especially famous for his polyphonic settings of the psalms in Dutch known as the Souterliedekens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Clemens non Papa is the 232nd most popular composer (up from 518th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 305th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacob Clemens non Papa ranks 232 out of 1,451Before him are Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, Ernest Bloch, and Ernest Chausson. After him are Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, Albert Roussel, and Engelbert Humperdinck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Jacob Clemens non Papa ranks 9Before him are Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Mikael Agricola, Jacopo Bassano, Renée of France, and François Clouet. After him are Aloysius Lilius, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Túpac Huallpa, Gonzalo Pizarro, Elena Glinskaya, and Oda Nobuhide. Among people deceased in 1555, Jacob Clemens non Papa ranks 7Before him are Joanna of Castile, Pope Julius III, Pope Marcellus II, Georgius Agricola, Henry II of Navarre, and Kara Ahmed Pasha. After him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Pedro Mascarenhas, Gemma Frisius, Oronce Finé, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, and Thomas of Villanova.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob Clemens non Papa ranks 125 out of 1,646Before him are Eugène Dubois (1858), Claus Sluter (1340), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), and Marinus van der Lubbe (1909). After him are Arie Haan (1948), Bernard Haitink (1929), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Willem de Kooning (1904), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), and Tjalling Koopmans (1910).

Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Jacob Clemens non Papa ranks 2Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562). After him are Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Junkie XL (1967), Louis Andriessen (1939), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Michel van der Aa (1970).