Jacob Senleches
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(Jacob Senlechos; Jacopinus Selesses)
French composer, fl. 1382/3.
It has been suggested that Jacob Senleches has been born in St. Luc near Evreux, France (U. Günther) or in Senleches (or Sanlesches) in Cambrai, France (A. Tomasello).
His teacher might have been Guido de Lange for Tel me voit bears a dedication to a certain "Guido".
1382 Jacob Senleches seems to stay at the court of Eleonor of Castile (d. September 1382), maybe in her service. In Fuoins de ci he mourns the death of her and proclaims to seek his fortune either "en Aragon, en France ou en Bretaingne".
Afterwards he is in sevice of Pedro de Luna, Cardinal of Aragon (later Pope Benedict XIII, 1394-1423), as a harpist. There is a treasury document assigning payments to one "Jaquemin de Sanleches, juglar de harpe" from the royal household in Navarra dated August 21st, 1383.
Despited the small number of transmitted compositions Jacob de Senleches is counted among the central personalities of Ars Subtilior.
The texts deal mainly with himself and his career.
[edit] Works:
- En attendant esperance
- Fuions de ci
- Je me merveil/ J'ay pluseurs fois
- En ce gracieux tamps
- La harpe de melodie
- Tel me voit
[edit] Transcriptions:
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae Vol. 53 - French Secular Compositions I, Ascribed Compositions (1970)
[edit] References
U. Günther - Jacob de Senleches; in: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Ed. Stanley Sadie, London, New York, Hong Kong, 1980.
Jacob de Senleches; in: Die Musik in Gegenwart und Geschichte, Personenteil, Ed. L. Finscher, Kassel, London, 2003/2.
