Appenzeller, Benedictus

Appenzeller, Benedictus, Netherlands composer and singer; b. c. 1484; d. after 1558. He served as maître de chapelle to Mary of Hungary, the regent of the Netherlands, in Brussels from 1537 until about 1552. Among his extant works are 23 chansons (1542) and several motets. MSS attributions have often confused him with Benedictus Ducis.

Bibliography

D. Bartha, Benedictus Ducis und A. (Wolfenbüttel, 1930); G. Thompson, B. A.: Composer for Mary of Hungary (diss., Univ. of N.C., 1975).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire