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held until his death. Although Barbireau was registered in the account books of the church as singing master or magister choralum from 1487, he had probably held the post from as early as 1484. In 1485 as a schoolmaster, he paid a contribution to the Capellanía Our Lady of Nieuwwerk, a foundation created for singing teachers. At that time, the choir led by Barbireau consisted of twelve singers.
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Evidently his health was poor for about the last nine years of his life. He died in Antwerp, not long after returning from Hungary, on 7 August 1491. In his will, he designated as heirs the woman he married after 1487 and the daughter he had with her, Jacomyne Barbireau (born after 1487, died after
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Barbireau may have been attached to the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp since childhood. Since 1482, the church was the center of his life. It is also probably the reason why it was impossible for him to study with Agricola. In 1484, succeeding Antoine de Vigne, he became Kapellmeister, a position he
83:, and several letters written by Agricola to Barbireau have survived; one of them gives useful clues about Barbireau's life. According to it, Barbireau was already active as a composer by 1484, and implies that his fame had not yet spread outside of his native Antwerp. 71:. Barbireau was probably born in Antwerp, and both of his parents were citizens there. By 1482, he had attained the title of Master of Arts, so he likely went to university in the 1470s. He wanted to study with the humanist and musician 192:, for three voices, became a 'hit' song all over Europe, appearing in numerous arrangements from places as far apart as Spain, Italy and England; Heinrich Isaac used it as the basis for his own 110:
The death of the composer inspired the humanist Judocus Beyssel to write three epitaphs, in which he described Barbireau as "notabilissimus modulator" and laments the composer's untimely death.
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The library of the cathedral in Antwerp was destroyed by religious fanatics in 1556, including probably most of Barbireau's music. Some, however, has survived, in sources such as the
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passages alternating dynamically with polyphonic, and with fast-moving parts weaving around the slower-moving parts. Also featured in this mass are alternating duos (
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parts, indicating that at least ten actual voices would be required to sing it. In this composition the textural contrasts are high, with striking
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by Jacobus Barbireau; composed in the late 15th century, copied in the early 16th century as part of a gift to
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polish and melodic-harmonic resourcefulness that puts him firmly on a par with such composers as
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Until the 1960s, he was confused with another somewhat older composer named
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evidently held him in high regard, and when Barbireau went to
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