LIFE
-c 1515-1567
-worked as a calligrapher and town trumpet player
-composer, instrumentalist, publisher in Antwerp, Belgium
-1541 created the first music printing company in the low countries
-1551 began a music instrument business
-sought to promote Flemish composers
-worked as a calligrapher and town trumpet player
-composer, instrumentalist, publisher in Antwerp, Belgium
-1541 created the first music printing company in the low countries
-1551 began a music instrument business
-sought to promote Flemish composers
STYLE
-modified the compositions of others to create his own adaptations