Jacob Senleches

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(Jacob Senlechos; Jacopinus Selesses)

French composer, fl. 1382/3-1395.

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).

In 1382 Jacob Senleches seems to have been present at the court of Eleonor of Castile (d. September 1382), possibly in her service. In Fuoins de ci he laments the death of her and proclaims to seek his fortune either "en Aragon, en France ou en Bretaingne".

Afterwards he is found 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. The payment is made so that Jacquemin may return to "his master", Pedro de Luna.

A supplication to Benedict XIII in 1395 consists of a Jacob de Selesses asking for the benefice attached to a parish church in the diocese of Cambrai.

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:

Ballade

• En attendant esperance
• Fuions de ci
• Je me merveil/ J'ay pluseurs fois

Virelai

• 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.