Carolus Souliaert (died 1540?) (also known as: Swillaert, Swillart, Swilliart) was a Dutch composer active in the first half of the 16th century.
Very little is known about the life of this composer. A few
chanson
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s composed by Souliaert/ Swillaert to texts in Dutch were published by
Tielman Susato in his collections of Dutch chansons.
In ''Het Ierste musyck Boexken'', the first collection printed in 1551, there is one chanson by Carolus Swillart or Swilliart (different spellings in different part books): ''Myn liefkens bruyn ooghen''. In the second collection ''Het twueeste musyck boexken'' (also printed in 1551), there are five chansons by Carolus Souliaert: ''Een costerken op syn'', ''Het soude een knecktken'', ''Ick ghinck gisteravent'', ''Ick truere/ Druck en verdriet'' and ''Wilt doch met maten''. Susato also published one motet by Souliaert in the collection ''Liber secundus ecclesiasticarum'' (published in 1553).
There are also a few
sacral compositions by Souliaert preserved in manuscript.
Sources
* Eugeen Scheurs; introduction to the facsimile prints of
Tielman Susato: ''Het Ierste Musyck Boexken'' (1987 Peer) and ''Het tvueetste musyck boexken'' (1987 Peer).
External links
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Renaissance composers
Dutch male classical composers
Dutch classical composers
1540s deaths
Year of birth unknown
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