Heinrich Isaac worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Heinrich Isaac as Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (1450–1517).
Heinrich Isaac was born at Flanders in 1450. His recorded nationality is County of Flanders.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer and organist.
The instruments recorded are organ.
His work is classed as classical music and liturgical music.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of County of Flanders shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Heinrich Isaac died in 1517, aged 67. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: organ
- Genres: classical music and liturgical music
