Introduction

Biography

A com­pos­er, Is­aac spent most of his life in It­aly, though he great­ly in­flu­enced the Ger­man­ic mu­sic tra­di­tion.

In 1485, he be­gan his long as­so­ci­ation with the Me­di­ci fa­mi­ly in Flor­ence when he joined the Can­to­ri di San Gio­van­ni, sing­ing in the ca­thed­ral and lo­cal church­es.

He con­tin­ued to tra­vel be­tween It­aly and the Ger­man­ic coun­tries, and wrote Mass Or­di­nar­ies, cy­cles for the Pro­per of the Mass, mo­tets, and do­zens of se­cu­lar songs.

In 1497, he be­came court com­pos­er to Max­i­mil­ian I.

Works

• Choralis Con­stan­ti­nus, 1550